This did not happen overnight. The big computer companies have been building AI labs for years, decades in case of MicroSoft. They've been revisiting Go for the

This did not happen overnight. The big computer companies have been building AI labs for years, decades in case of MicroSoft. They've been revisiting Go for the past few years too. One of Marvin's early students advises Googles R&D. These companies have raided every major university. If Marvin was still alert in his final years, he would have known some about this.