by Joel Achenbach
The Washington Post
December 10, 2015

An excerpt from the article:

"Machines and humans learn differently. This has been a central fact of Artificial Intelligence research for decades. If you cram enough data into a machine, and let the algorithms grind away tirelessly, the computer can detect a pattern, produce a desired outcome and perhaps beat a grandmaster in chess.

Human intelligence is faster, quirkier and more nimble. We take mental shortcuts. We have a knack for discerning the rules of a game, the dynamic of a situation, who's mad at whom, where to find the keg, and so on. The human mind -- the most complex piece of matter in the known universe -- is adept at getting the gist of things quickly.

Now researchers report a breakthrough in Artificial Intelligence: A machine-learning program that mimics how humans learn."