MIT Uses Machine Learning Algorithm To Make TCP Twice As Fast

An anonymous reader writes "MIT is claiming they can make the Internet faster if we let computers redesign TCP/IP instead of coding it by hand. They used machine learning to design a version of TCP that's twice the speed and causes half the delay, even with modern bufferbloated networks. They also claim it's more 'fair.' The researchers have put up a lengthy FAQ and source code where they admit they don't know why the system works, only that it goes faster than normal TCP."

I'd be wary.

[Fishchip]

This is how things like Skynet get started.

Uh Oh...

[Anonymous Coward]

they admit they don't know why the system works, only that it goes faster than normal TCP

And so it begins...

Re:I'd be wary.

[Sqr(twg)]

That's easy to prevent. [xkcd.com]

MIT Woes

[OneFangCat]

To bad for MIT they cant just cry to an overzealous DA if the computer gets out of control.

treason?

[Xicor]

would it be considered treason for MIT to develop skynet and have it destroy the US?

Re:I'd be wary.

[jamesh]

At the very least i'd be doing a grep for things like "kill all humans" in the source code.

Re:I'd be wary.

[jma05]

That's mostly unnecessary [xkcd.com]