Exploring Mathematics in Machine Learning and Historical Diplomacy Bots

NLP, transformer architectures, and machines beating humans at their own game: Jon Krohn talks to Alexander H. Miller about his work in building a machine that can outsmart humans in the game of Diplomacy by engineering powers of persuasion and collusion to its own advantage.

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In this episode you will learn:
• Training a natural language model to interact with Diplomacy players [05:07]
• Processing speeds for a Diplomacy bot [29:32]
• Using transformer architectures [37:25]
• How Diplomacy AI actually works [43:25]
• CICERO's potential real-world applications [55:28]
• How to R&D an AI project [59:27]
• How to become an AI Research Manager [1:06:12]

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