Editor's Pick: Google's AlphaGo Defeats Human Master of Ancient Game

Google's AlphaGo Defeats Human Master of Ancient Game

Richard Adhikari Jan 29, 2016 11:43 AM PT
	Research at Google on Wednesday announced that AlphaGo has become the first computer software system to beat a human at the ancient game of Go. There are more possible positions in Go than there are the number of atoms in the universe, and it has a googol more positions than chess, Google pointed out. That complexity makes it difficult for computers to play Go. [More...]

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