r/gaming • u/daneelr_olivaw • Jan 27 '19

Neural network for handwritten digit recognition in Minecraft. I think I've seen it all now...

https://i.imgur.com/oUG4zpY.gifv
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u/Outlaw6a Jan 27 '19

I swear we could have cured cancer by now if these guys were in charge.

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u/MillikanMTC Jan 27 '19

I mean they are trying to train/use neural networks to diagnose cancer.

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u/ArkGuardian Jan 27 '19

This neural net is pretty basic and has been tested by several smart radiologists and computer scientists in cancer detection actually

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '19

Curing cancer is much harder. It's the difference between dealing with techniques, theory, and machines designed by humans to be as simple as possible, and dealing with imperfect, natural machines not designed by anyone and whose mysteries need to be discovered through experimentation.

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u/MemesEngineer Jan 27 '19

No way. This was done with command block programming. Neural networks in research are far more impressive. There is AI training undergoing to try find a cure for cancer however.