This AI Doesn’t Need Any Help from Humans
Scientists have developed a new AI that can teach itself how to be the master of an ancient board game. We're conducting a survey of our viewers! If you have time, please give us feedback:...
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This week, a UK-based startup owned by Google called DeepMind unveiled the latest version of AlphaGo, its board-game-playing artificial intelligence program. And if any human has to face it, they’re better off throwing in the towel. Because this AI has defeated everything that came before it. You might’ve heard about AlphaGo before. The first iteration made headlines two years ago when it beat a professional Go player. Then, six months later, it bested one of the top players in the world, Lee Sedol, 4 games to 1. But this version has done something even more amazing: it’s learned to be the best all on its own, with no human supervision. In case you’re not up on ancient Chinese board games, Go is played with black and white stones. You try to captur...
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This week, a UK-based startup owned by Google called DeepMind unveiled the latest version of AlphaGo, its board-game-playing artificial intelligence program. And if any human has to face it, they’re better off throwing in the towel. Because this AI has defeated everything that came before it. You might’ve heard about AlphaGo before. The first iteration made headlines two years ago when it beat a professional Go player. Then, six months later, it bested one of the top players in the world, Lee Sedol, 4 games to 1. But this version has done something even more amazing: it’s learned to be the best all on its own, with no human supervision. In case you’re not up on ancient Chinese board games, Go is played with black and white stones. You try to captur...
