[Link] AlphaGo: Mastering the ancient game of Go with Machine Learning

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DeepMind's go AI, called AlphaGo, has beaten the European champion with a score of 5-0. A match against top ranked human, Lee Se-dol, is scheduled for March.

Games are a great testing ground for developing smarter, more flexible algorithms that have the ability to tackle problems in ways similar to humans. Creating programs that are able to play games better than the best humans has a long history

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But one game has thwarted A.I. research thus far: the ancient game of Go.

http://googleresearch.blogspot.com/2016/01/alphago-mastering-ancient-game-of-go.html

DeepMind's go AI, called AlphaGo, has beaten the European champion with a score of 5-0. A match against top ranked human, Lee Se-dol, is scheduled for March.

Games are a great testing ground for developing smarter, more flexible algorithms that have the ability to tackle problems in ways similar to humans. Creating programs that are able to play games better than the best humans has a long history

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But one game has thwarted A.I. research thus far: the ancient game of Go.

http://googleresearch.blogspot.com/2016/01/alphago-mastering-ancient-game-of-go.html

People here didn't say "oh experts said X, I am updating," they said "EY said X on facebook, time for me to change my opinion."

My reaction was more "oh, EY made a good argument about why this is a big deal, so I'll take that argument into account".

Presumably a lot of others felt the same way; attributing the change in opinion to just a deference for tribal authority seems uncharitable.

Say I am worried about this tribal thing happening a lot -- what would put my mind more at ease?

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[Link] AlphaGo: Mastering the ancient game of Go with Machine Learning

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