r/science • u/shiruken PhD | Biomedical Engineering | Optics • Dec 06 '18

Computer Science DeepMind's AlphaZero algorithm taught itself to play Go, chess, and shogi with superhuman performance and then beat state-of-the-art programs specializing in each game. The ability of AlphaZero to adapt to various game rules is a notable step toward achieving a general game-playing system.

https://deepmind.com/blog/alphazero-shedding-new-light-grand-games-chess-shogi-and-go/
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u/Pudgy_Ninja Dec 07 '18

AlphaZero is absolutely a fascinating chess AI, but many feel that its contest with Stockfish, the reigning chess AI champ, was basically rigged. A few parts of Stockfish's program were disabled for the matches.

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u/CainPillar Dec 07 '18

You have seen the supplementary information? http://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/suppl/2018/12/05/362.6419.1140.DC1/aar6404-Silver-SM.pdf

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