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Updated 10 June 2025
Artificial intelligence’s march of progress
One by one, large AI- and machine learning-based systems have scored numerous successes over the past few years; it is clear that we have witnessed (and are witnessing) a revolution in the field. Among these successes are the following:
Defeating the reigning world chess champion. Defeating two champion contestants on the American quiz show Jeopardy. Defeating the world’s best human Go player. Defeating all other entries in the 2020 Critical Assessment of Protein Structure Prediction (CASP) competition, a development described by German biologist Andrei Lupas as “This
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