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Learning to play Go from scratch

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An artificial-intelligence program called AlphaGo Zero has mastered the game of Go without any human data or guidance. A computer scientist and two members of the American Go Association discuss the implications. See Article p.354

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Figure 1: AlphaGo versus Lee Sedol.

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  1. Computer Science and Engineering Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 48109, Michigan, USA

    Satinder Singh

  2. American Go Association, New York, 10163-4668, New York, USA

    Andy Okun & Andrew Jackson

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In addition to A.J.’s responsibilities as a Director of the American Go Association, he is employed as a software engineer by Google, a company related to DeepMind through the shared parent holding company, Alphabet.

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Singh, S., Okun, A. & Jackson, A. Learning to play Go from scratch. Nature 550, 336–337 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/550336a

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