[FRIAM] AI advance

[Vladimyr Burachynsky]

To Joseph Spinden,

The article is old and I wonder if you play the game.
I ran a Go club at the University of Manitoba and can tell
you strange stories about a time before Hassabis.

I swear I never won a game in 5 years but I kept playing anyway.
I guess I am bloody minded. Eventually I discovered that my handicap was
being reduced and suspect
I was close to 1 Dan at the time. I was told that was harder than a Ph.D. So
I went for the degree and sloughed off the game.

There should be a few players in the congregation, let them speak up.
vib

-----Original Message-----
From: Friam [mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com] On Behalf Of Joseph Spinden
Sent: January-28-17 8:32 AM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
Subject: [FRIAM] AI advance

Of interest to some:

https://www.wired.com/2016/01/in-a-huge-breakthrough-googles-ai-beats-a-top-
player-at-the-game-of-go

-JS




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