How Google's balloons surprised their creator
By Chris BaraniukFeatures correspondent
LoonGoogle's Project Loon helium balloons were intended to bring internet access to remote parts of the world (Credit: Loon)Algorithms using artificial intelligence are discovering unexpected tricks to solve problems that astonish their developers. But it is also raising concerns about our ability to control them.
The gaggle of Google employees peered at their computer screens in bewilderment. They had spent many months honing an algorithm designed to steer an unmanned helium balloon all the way from Puerto Rico to Peru.
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