AI that talks to itself learns faster and smarter

Talking to yourself may feel uniquely human, but it turns out this habit can also help machines learn. Internal dialogue helps people organize ideas, weigh choices, and make sense of emotions. New research shows that a similar process can improve how artificial intelligence learns and adapts. In a study published in Neural Computation, researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) found that AI systems perform better across many tasks when they ar...