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not_old_redditor t1_ivzs649 wrote

Reply to comment by empty_string_ in Scientists Taught an AI to ‘Sleep’ So That It Doesn't Forget What It Learned, Like a Person. Researchers say counting sleep may be the best way for AIs to exhibit life-long learning. by mossadnik

Obviously the AI's not pulling out a pillow and lying down for 6-9 hours. It's just a clickbaity title.

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Smallrequaza t1_iw01oyq wrote

but its not like its just sitting around idle for 8 hours which is what one would assume a computer “sleeping” would look like

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japgolly t1_iw04kx8 wrote

Brains aren't idle when we sleep. I guess AI sleeping would be similar in that it stops taking in new inputs (stimuli) and just does internal processing for a while. Pretty similar to how many big systems (eg. banking) have daily offline periods when batch processes run.

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usgrant7977 t1_iw0l2ma wrote

So AI sleep is just defragging the drive?

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japgolly t1_iw0tl8h wrote

I mean, I kinda think of sleep as defragging the brain so 😆

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