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AlphaGo retires from competitive Go after defeating world number one 3-0

• https://www.theverge.com, by Sam Byford

In a statement, DeepMind co-founder and co-CEO Demis Hassabis said the reason was that this week's summit represented "the highest possible pinnacle for AlphaGo as a competitive program."

AlphaGo rose to prominence a little over a year ago when it unexpectedly defeated legendary player Lee Se-dol 4-1 in a match held in Seoul. Most computer scientists expected the feat of beating a top Go player with artificial intelligence to be decades away due to the game's complexity and nuance, but with this week's comprehensive defeat of Ke Jie the matter has been settled.

"The research team behind AlphaGo will now throw their considerable energy into the next set of grand challenges, developing advanced general algorithms that could one day help scientists as they tackle some of our most complex problems, such as finding new cures for diseases, dramatically reducing energy consumption, or inventing revolutionary new materials," Hassabis says. "If AI systems prove they are able to unearth significant new knowledge and strategies in these domains too, the breakthroughs could be truly remarkable. We can't wait to see what comes next."


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