A potentially momentous milestone has been reached in the decades-old battle between human intelligence and artificial intelligence.
Go playing board
Until 18 months ago ago, the ancient Chinese game of Go had firmly resisted attempts to apply computer technology — the best human players were substantially better than the best computer programs. This changed abruptly in March 2016, when a Google computer program named “AlphaGo” defeated the reigning world champion 4-1, a defeat that shocked many observers, who had not expected to see this for many years.
Now a new computer program, called “AlphaGo Zero,” which literally taught itself
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