DARPA Seeking AI That Learns All the Time

The agency wants ideas for turning computers into lifelong learnersIllustration: iStockphoto
Earlier this month a self-driving shuttle in Las Vegas patiently waited as a delivery truck backed up, then backed up some more, then backed right into it. Inconveniently for the roboshuttle’s developer Navya, this happened within hours of the shuttle’s inauguration ceremony. The real problem is that the shuttle can’t learn from the incident the way a human would: immediately and withou