The Miraikan, Japan's National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, has no shortage of wonders. But its latest temporary exhibit is of particular note: a robot with a neural network, a complex form of artificial intelligence that allows the robot to teach itself and act on its own teaching. It sings, it walks. It is named Alter.

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This isn't self-awareness, just to be clear. Researchers around the world, including at major companies like Microsoft and Google, are betting on neural nets informing the robots of the future. With a neural net, a robot is given a function and a loose set of parameters with which to accomplish them. By creating artificial neurons, researchers are able to mimic chains of neuron connections. It isn't perfect yet, and many neural net AIs currently fail in their assigned tasks as often as they succeed. But what's important is that, hopefully, they're learning from that failure.

In Alter's case, the tasks are simple: movement and singing. Alter chooses what movements to make, even if they're illogical. Just check out this video from The Japan Times.

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