Professor Develops 'Brain' for Robots
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1.) But why is there a "leader" to begin with? In swarms of birds the older birds do have some specific roles, but real "leaders" seem to me a brittle approach.
2.) Reinforcement learning, and an actor-critic system is nothing new. But what is an "active critique"? Never heard about it...
I agree, and it seems nature agrees. Anyone who think a leader is required should watch a flight of a thousand starlings maneuver adeptly without collisions, a swarm of bees or ants carry out their duties without any command hierarchy, or a modern government rob the people blind with nary a collision between the overwhelming number of redundant departments.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eakKfY5aHmY (starlings in flight)