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Azeem’s Picks: Demis Hassabis on DeepMind’s Journey from Games to Fundamental Science
Azeem Azhar's Exponential View
The History of Games in AI Research
Games have been an important part of the development of artificial intelligence. The first checkers draft playing program back in the 50s, or perhaps even earlier with the mechanical Turk. Games are a convenient platform to quickly test out AI algorithmic ideas. With AlphaGo, AlphaGo played itself over 10 million times.
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