Danijar Hafner - Gaming our way to AGI

Danijar Hafner, a PhD student in artificial intelligence at the University of Toronto and researcher at Google Brain and the Vector Institute joined the podcast to talk about Crafter, reinforcement learning, and the big challenges facing AI researchers as they work towards general intelligence. Intro music: ➞ Artist: Ron Gelinas ➞ Track Title: Daybreak Chill Blend (original mix) ➞ Link to Track: 0:00 Intro 2:25 Measuring generalization 5:40 What is Crafter? 11:10 Differences between Crafter and Minecraft 20:10 Agent behavior 25:30 Merging scaled models and reinforcement learning 29:30 Data efficiency 38:00 Hierarchical learning 43:20 Human-level systems 48:40 Cultural overlap 49:50 Wrap-up