Douglas_Knight comments on AlphaGo versus Lee Sedol - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Douglas_Knight 11 March 2016 04:18:34AM 1 point [-]

Almost all algorithms for almost all games play to win. That isn't anything special about AlphaGo. Maybe there's something special about Go or about this algorithm that makes is harder to assess, but that isn't a reason.