Coincidentally, Quora.com just had a knowledge prize contest to answer "How Significant is AlphaGo?". https://www.quora.com/How-significant-is-the-AlphaGo-vict

Coincidentally, Quora.com just had a knowledge prize contest to answer "How Significant is AlphaGo?". https://www.quora.com/How-significant-is-the-AlphaGo-victory-for-AI-and-technology-in-general-How-generalizable-is-the-success-in-this-one-use-case https://www.quora.com/How-significant-is-the-AlphaGo-victory... I thought that many of the answers were quite insightful. Disclaimer: I also wrote an answer, but the submission deadline for the knowledge prize is over.