Hacking Desire

One of the most interesting talks at DEFCON (Hacking Desire by Ian Clarke) included this animation sequence which represents an AI learning to jump a humaniod figure. The same techniques that are being used to teach the neural network about jumping human can be applied to recommendation systems, which was the basis of the presentation.

The video is hilarious (thanks to Rage Against The Machine and some computer jumping goodness). For more information, check out Ian's blog.