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“The Edge of the Truth” (Computer go and chess)

by scribe | Feb 5, 2017 | current news, off-topic, ruminations

Last year I wrote a couple posts about AlphaGo, the computer go program developed by a team at Google that beat Lee Sedol (one of the world’s top players), 4-1, in a five-game match. If you’ve forgotten, you can read my post-match thoughts here. For...

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