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Google\u2019s AlphaGo AI has once again made the case that machines are\u00a0now smarter than man \u2014 when it comes to games of strategy, at least.<\/p>\n
AlphaGo made its name last year when it defeated high-profile Go player Lee Sedol 4-1<\/a>, but now it has beaten\u00a0the world\u2019s\u00a0best player of Go, the hugely complex ancient strategy game. Today, it won against\u00a0Go world champion\u00a0Ke Jie to clinch\u00a0a second, decisive win of a three-part series that is taking place in China this week.<\/p>\n 19-year-old\u00a0Ke Jie narrowly lost the first tie<\/a>, but this time AlphaGo forced its Chinese opponent into conceding. That\u2019s despite Ke Jie playing \u201cperfectly\u201d at the beginning of the tie, according to AlphaGo\u2019s analysis<\/a>.<\/p>\n There\u2019s still another game to be played, but, irrespective of that result, AlphaGo has defeated the man universally acknowledged to be the best player of man\u2019s most complicated strategy game. That\u2019s another milestone to chalk up \u2014 even though there\u2019s been plenty of controversy because the live-stream\u00a0can\u2019t be viewed in China<\/a>.<\/p>\n #AlphaGo<\/a> wins game 2. What an amazing and complex game! Ke Jie pushed AlphaGo right to the limit.<\/p>\n \u2014 Demis Hassabis (@demishassabis) May 25, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n AlphaGo was created by London-based DeepMind, which was\u00a0acquired by Google for around $500 million in 2014<\/a>. Beyond winning showcase matches with the world\u2019s top Go players,\u00a0DeepMind\u00a0believes its technology<\/a>\u00a0has practical and everyday uses that can\u00a0\u201csolve intelligence and make the world a better place.\u201d<\/p>\n Things haven\u2019t gone to panned out that way\u00a0just yet. Instead, DeepMind has been mired by controversy. A data-sharing partnership with the UK\u2019s National Health Service, initially heralded\u00a0as having the potential to optimize\u00a0medical care to reduce the number of preventable deaths, was recently ruled to have \u201cno lawful basis.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n Critics have seized on\u00a0the data transfer of 1.6 million patients\u2019 medical records to the Google-owned company\u00a0as part of the project.\u00a0The arrangement remains\u00a0under investigation by the UK\u2019s data protection watchdog<\/a>, the ICO.<\/p>\n Featured Image: (IMAGE HAS BEEN MODIFIED)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Google’s AlphaGo AI has once again made the case that machines are\u00a0now smarter than man — when it comes to games of strategy, at least. AlphaGo made its name last year when it defeated high-profile Go player Lee Sedol 4-1, but now it has beaten\u00a0the world’s\u00a0best player of Go, the hugely complex ancient strategy game. Today, it won against\u00a0Go world champion\u00a0Ke Jie to… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/img><\/a>
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