Google cofounder Sergey Brin says he uses the game of Go to explain the future of work

Brin said that instead of replacing humans, AI could push humans to perform better, like how DeepMind's AlphaGo pushed ...
Digital Trends

AlphaGo retires from ‘Go’ after dominating world’s best human player 3-0

Following its unbeaten run against the world’s greatest Go player, Google’s AlphaGo algorithm will retire with a near-perfect record. While many have tried to topple its reign, it leaves the game to ...
Opinion

The Man Behind AlphaGo Thinks AI Is Taking the Wrong Path

In 2016, an AI program he developed at Google DeepMind, AlphaGo, taught itself to play the famously difficult game of Go with a kind of mastery that went far beyond mimicry. Silver has since founded ...
Wired

This More Powerful Version of AlphaGo Learns On Its Own

At one point during his historic defeat to the software AlphaGo last year, world champion Go player Lee Sedol abruptly left the room. The bot had played a move that confounded established theories of ...
Gizmodo

Google’s AlphaGo Is About to Face Its Toughest Competition Yet

Google’s AlphaGo made history last year by becoming the first machine to defeat a top-ranked human Go player. It was an important AI milestone, but AlphaGo isn’t getting off that easily. Next month, ...
MIT Technology Review

A Stronger AlphaGo Defeats the World’s Number One Player

Ke Jie, left, lost his first game against the artificial intelligence program AlphaGo. In the first of several games being held in China this week, a revamped AlphaGo defeated Ke Jie, a Chinese ...
PC World

AlphaGo’s unusual moves prove its AI prowess, experts say

Playing against a top Go player, Google DeepMind’s AlphaGo artificial-intelligence program has puzzled commentators with moves that are often described as “beautiful,” but do not fit into the usual ...