Starting in the 1950s, computers began to beat novice players in games like checkers. By the 1990s, dedicated computers started to beat the best players in the world at various games. And, in March 2016, a computer finally beat the best player in the world at Go.
On March 9th of 2016, Google-engineered program AlphaGo defeated the world-class Go champion Lee Sedol.
Two “Jeopardy!” champions, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, lost to a computer named Watson.
The 1997 match was the first defeat of a reigning world chess champion to a computer under tournament conditions.
In 1958, a chess program (NSS) beat a novice human player for the first time.
By 1994 the best Checkers player on the planet only managed to play CHINOOK to a draw
Machine learning isn't just for simple tasks like assessing credit risk and sorting mail anymore -- today, it's capable of far more complex applications, like grading essays and diagnosing diseases. With these advances comes an uneasy question: Will a robot do your job in the future?
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This is part 1 of a 3 part post that provides a much more in-depth view of AI gaming vs humans.
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