Researchers at Purdue University have built anew piece of hardwarethat can be reprogrammed on demand through electrical pulses.

It’s part of an ongoing effort to build AI systems that can learn continuously.

The approach could help AI keep learning over time.

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“The brains of living beings can continuously learn throughout their lifespan.

Thinking Machines?

One of these self-learning systems made the news when anAI system beat a human at a game of Go.

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“AlphaGo was DeepMind’s first AI to defeat a professional Go player,” Maskey added.