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AlphaGo

AlphaGo is a computer program that plays the board game Go. It was developed by the London-based DeepMind Technologies, an acquired subsidiary of Google. Subsequent versions of AlphaGo became increasingly powerful, including a version that competed under the name Master. After retiring from competitive play, AlphaGo Master was succeeded by an even more…

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Google DeepMind
Type
Computer Go software

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AlphaGo

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related to Sixty online games · 57
AlphaGo → After, AI, Aja Huang, All, AlphaGo Master, AlphaGo Master's, An Sungjoon, As, Chang Hao, Chen Yaoye, Chinese, Cho Han-seung, Chou Chun-hsun, Dang Yifei, December, DeepMind, Demis Hassabis, Dr, Fan Tingyu, FoxGo
related to Match against Lee Sedol · 22
AlphaGo → At, Chinese, CPUs, Fan Hui, Four Seasons Hotel, Go, Google's, GPUs, However, Lee, Lee Chang-ho, Lee Sedol, March, Out, Seoul, Since, South Korea, South Korean, The, The Economist
related to Technology and AI-related fields · 22
AlphaGo → After, Afterward, AI, AlphaGo AI, Also, Dealing, However, In, Instead, It, James, James Vincent, Lee Sedol, Lee's, More, No, Now, The AlphaGo, The Verge, They'll
related to Go community · 18
AlphaGo → All, AlphaGo's, As, China, China's Ke Jie, Go, Japan, Jeong Ahram, Ke Jie, Korea, Last, Lee's, Many, October, South Korea, South Korea's, The, The Korea Baduk Association
related to Professional Go player · 18
AlphaGo → AI, AlphaGo AI, DeepMind, Fan Hui, For, Go, Go AI, Hajin Lee, History, If, In, Korean, Korean Go, Lee, Lee Sedol, Lee Sedol's, She, The
related to Reception · 18
AlphaGo → AI, AlphaGo's, DeepMind, Fan Hui, Go, Hauschka's Volker Bertelmann, He, In, It, John Defore, Los Angeles Times, Michael Rechtshaffen, On Rotten Tomatoes, Paris-based European, Rechtshaffen, Sedol, So, The Hollywood Reporter
related to AlphaGo Zero and AlphaZero · 15
AlphaGo → AlphaGo Lee, AlphaGo Master, AlphaGo Zero, AlphaGo Zero's, AlphaGo's, AlphaZero, By, December, DeepMind, Elmo, Go, In, Nature, October, Stockfish
related to Future of Go Summit · 13
AlphaGo → AlphaGo Master, Chinese, Chinese Weiqi Association, Future, Go, Go Summit, Google DeepMind, In, Ke Jie, Master, May, No, Wuzhen
related to Versions · 10
AlphaGo → An, CPUs, Elo, Google, GPUs, In, In May, Lee Sedol, The, Two
has impact · 9
AlphaGo → AI, Fan Hui, Go, Lee, Lee Sedol, May, November, On, The

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AlphaGoDeveloperGoogle DeepMind1.00infobox
AlphaGoTypeComputer Go software1.00infobox
AlphaGoWebsitedeepmind.com/research/highlighted-research/alphago1.00infobox
AlphaGois acomputer program that plays the board game Go0.90text
AlphaGois awonderful achievement0.90text
chessinstance ofHistoryGo is considered much more difficult for computers to win than other games0.80text
because its strategicinstance ofHistoryGo is considered much more difficult for computers to win than other games0.80text
aesthetic nature makes it hard to directly construct an evaluation functioninstance ofHistoryGo is considered much more difficult for computers to win than other games0.80text
and its much larger branching factor makes it prohibitively difficult to use traditional AI methods such as alphainstance ofHistoryGo is considered much more difficult for computers to win than other games0.80text
Ke Jieinstance ofIts adversaries included many world champions0.80text
Park Jeong-hwaninstance ofIts adversaries included many world champions0.80text
Yuta Iyamainstance ofIts adversaries included many world champions0.80text

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