Thanks Jim, really interesting.
Evan
From: JT
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2017 12:49 AM
To: usbca_chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [usbca_chess] Google DeepMind wins at Chess
FYI.
From: Senk, Mark J. (CDC/NIOSH/NPPTL) [mailto:zia7@xxxxxxx] ;
Sent: Wednesday, December 6, 2017 8:51 PM
To: JT <hazelnutt2001@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Google DeepMind wins at Chess
Technology: Google's 'superhuman' DeepMind AI claims chess crown
ld-leading specialist software within hours of teaching itself the game from
scratch.
The firm's DeepMind division says that it played 100 games against Stockfish 8,
and won or drew all of them.
The research has yet to be peer reviewed.
But experts already suggest the achievement will strengthen the firm's position
in a competitive sector.
"From a scientific point of view, it's the latest in a series of dazzling
results that DeepMind has produced," the University of Oxford's Prof Michael
Wooldridge told the BBC.
"The general trajectory in DeepMind seems to be to solve a problem and then
demonstrate it can
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http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-42251535?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
