‘…the hand learned to solve the puzzle through extreme trial and error. It spent the equivalent of 10,000 years spinning the tiles up, down, left and right, completing the task over and over again.’
A robotic hand that can figure out the best next-move has been demonstrated by OpenAI, the California AI lab that specializes in next-generation systems.
- The robotic hand was able to solve the puzzle in four minutes.
- Other AI systems can solve a Rubik’s Cube in a second, but this one added dexterity, a further complication. The Times report says the system dropped the cube eight out of 10 times.
- The ‘fingers’ could properly manipulate the cube at the same time as determining the next move, similar to how humans work with the problem.
A Rubik’s Cube represents circumstances where each action depends on the current state.