IBM's Deep Blue, the program that beat world chess champion Garry Kasparov back in , was programmed by chess experts with a library of potential chess moves that it could pull from during the match.
The game of Go, notably, has more potential moves than there are atoms in the universe. Simply programming AlphaGo with all potential Go moves wasn't an option. DeepMind needed to a design a program that could create strategies instead of relying on brute-force search to pull moves out of a library.
To do this, it used a combination of three different artificial intelligence techniques. The first was supervised learning, where the team trained AlphaGo how to play the game well. The second was reinforcement learning through self-play, where AlphaGo played a ton of games on its own and used deep learning to determine how to play the game better.
The last was Monte Carlo Tree Search, a really efficient way of searching potential moves. These, combined with Google DeepMind's access to enormous amounts of computing power, are how AlphaGo has beaten Lee Se-dol two matches to zero. Follow our coverage at this dedicated hub , and watch the matches live on YouTube. Game three will be streamed live tomorrow night at PM ET.
Tune in to see a historic battle of human and artificial intelligence. If you're interested in learning what AlphaGo's wins mean for the future of artificial intelligence, check out The Verge 's detailed interview with Demis Hassabis , the founder of Google's DeepMind and the man behind AlphaGo.
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Here, we will discuss five of the most popular Chinese board games we have today, some have been around for as old as thousands of years. However, many believe that the game originated in China around 4, years ago, as early as BCE. More famously, Wei Qi is mentioned in the Analects of Confucius.
So, Go is an integral part of ancient Chinese culture. Here is some important thing to know regarding the basic rules of Go:.
Click here to see some Chinese Go designs — Opens in a new tab. By clicking sign up, I agree that I would like information, tips, and offers about Microsoft Store and other Microsoft products and services. Privacy Statement. The Game of Go. Official Club. See System Requirements. Available on PC Mobile device Hub. Description According to chess master Emanuel Lasker: "The rules of Go are so elegant, organic, and rigorously logical that if intelligent life forms exist elsewhere in the universe, they almost certainly play Go.
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Children learn the game readily and can reach high levels of mastery. Because go lends itself to a uniquely reliable system of handicaps, players of widely disparate strengths can enjoy relatively even contests. The game can be a casual pastime for the idle hour -- or a way of life. Michael Redmond, the only Western player to have won status as a top-grade professional player in Asia, when asked why he had devoted his life to go, replied, "Because I love the game.
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