Go-playing Google Deepmind AlphaGo computer defeats human champion

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    Go-playing Google Deepmind AlphaGo computer defeats human champion
    Game from ancient China is far more complex than chess and 'pinnacle of game AI research'

    Thomson Reuters Posted: Jan 27, 2016


    http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/alphago-ai-1.3422347

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    AlphaGo swept a five-game match against three-time European Go champion and Chinese professional Fan Hui. Until now, the best computer Go programs had played only at the level of human amateurs. (Google/YouTube)



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    Millions of practice games

    While AlphaGo learns in a more human-like way, it still needs many more games of practice, millions rather than
    thousands, than a human expert needs to get good at Go, Hassabis said

    The scientists foresee future applications for such AI programs including: improving smart phone assistants (Apple's
    Siri is an example); medical diagnostics; and eventually collaborating with human scientists in research.

    Hassabis said South Korea's Lee Sedol, the world's top Go player, has agreed to play AlphaGo in a five-game match in Seoul in March. Lee said in a statement, "I heard Google DeepMind's AI is surprisingly strong and getting stronger, but I am confident that I can win, at least this time."

    The findings were published in the journal Nature.


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    nitro

    That's interesting