Game Changer

AlphaZero's Groundbreaking Chess Strategies and the Promise of AI

By: Matthew Sadler,Natasha Regan

it took alphazero only a few hours of self-learning to become the chess player that shocked the world. the artificial intelligence system, created by deepmind, had been fed nothing but the rules of the royal game when it beat the world’s strongest chess engine in a prolonged match. the selection of ten games published in december 2017 created a worldwide sensation: how was it possible to play in...