[Bmi] DARPA new program: LIFELONG LEARNING MACHINES (L2M)

[Juyang Weng]

The objective of the L2M program is to develop technologies necessary to 
enable a next-generation adaptive artificial intelligence (AI) system 
capable of continually learning and improving performance in real-world 
environments while remaining constrained by pre-determined capability 
limits. Such a system would be able to apply existing knowledge to new 
circumstances without pre-programming or training sets, and would be 
able to update its network based on its situation for a variety of 
applications.

The L2M program aims to develop technology that could support the 
creation of a new generation of AI systems that learn online, in the 
field, and based on what they encounter—without having to be taken 
offline for reprogramming or retraining for new conditions.

The L2M program will combine computer science with biology-inspired 
principles of learning with the goal of developing the capability to 
perform continual learning, with a focus on the creation of learning 
paradigms and evolving networks that learn perpetually through external 
data and internal goals. Performers will be tasked with developing 
systems that can demonstrate an ability to learn new tasks without 
losing capability on previously learned tasks, and can apply previous 
knowledge to novel situations—and in doing so develop more complex 
capabilities.

http://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2017-03-16

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Juyang (John) Weng
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