Google AI algorithm masters ancient game of Go

Trusted Autonomous Game Play

“…A superficial glance at the intersections of computational intelligence and renowned cultural games of the intellect such as Chess or Go would seem to indicate that the 'AI challenge is solved'. In particular IBM's Deep Blue triumph over chess grandmaster Gary Kasparov in 1997 [12], and most recently Google's AlphaGo triumph over Go grandmaster Lee Sedol in early 2016 [13] mark turning points for computational intelligence; showing its ability to exceed the highest levels of human performance in abstract games of reasoning.…”

“…etc. All this is decided, codified, and locked-in via a resource intensive development process (typically for AAA games across a period of [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24] …”

Backcasting and a New Way of Command in Computational Design

“…A computational device as an opponent in a game of chess or a computer that triumphs on Jeopardy is just the beginning, and many other applications will follow (Kelly & Hamm, 2013). The latest success of a machine was DeepMind's program AlphaGo, which beat a human professional player in the ancient game of Go (Gibney, 2016). The approach we present in this contribution focuses on the application of cognitive computing to the domain of urban design.…”

Special issue on distributed computing and artificial intelligence

“…Google's artificial intelligence (AI) program, AlphaGo, has won Go Master Lee Sedol in a best-of-five competition held in Korean March 9−15, 2016. Seen by many as a landmark moment for AI, the outcome did not come as a surprise, considering the excellent combination of 1920 CPUs with sophisticated AI algorithms, including neural networks and Monte Carlo tree search (Gibney, 2016;Silver et al, 2016). Indeed, research on distributed computing and artificial intelligence (DCAI) has matured during the last decade and many effective applications are now deployed, performing an increasingly important role in modern computer science, including the two most hyped technologies: Internet of Things and Big Data.…”