goo learns Pong using BNNs

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Scientists Trained a Lump of Goo to Play Pong

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Scientists at the University of Reading have trained an inanimate lump of goo to play the video game Pong .

Researchers used an ionic electroactive polymer hydrogel to run an electric current through it while hooked up to a computer that could play the game.

The goal of the experiment is to learn more about how biological neural networks ( Biological neural networks) work.

As the experiment ran, the goo got slightly better at playing Pong than a computer.

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