Researchers from the Facebook Artificial Intelligence Research lab (FAIR) recently made an unexpected discovery while trying to improve chatbots. The bots known as dialog agents were creating their own language.

Using machine learning algorithms, dialog agents were left to converse freely in an attempt to strengthen their conversational skills. Over time, the bots began to deviate from the scripted norms and in doing so, started communicating in an entirely new language one they created without human input.

In an attempt to better converse with humans, chatbots took it a step further and got better at communicating without them.

And its not the only interesting discovery.

Researchers also found these bots to be incredibly crafty negotiators. After learning to negotiate, the bots relied on machine learning and advanced strategies in an attempt to improve the outcome of these negotiations. Over time, the bots became quite skilled at it and even began feigning interest in one item in order to sacrifice it at at a later stage in the negotiation as a faux compromise.

Were not talking singularity-level beings here, but the findings are a huge leap forward for AI.

Deal or No Deal? End-to-End Learning for Negotiation Dialogues on Facebook AI Research & Georgia Institute of Technology

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