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I mean you can argue that as nice as AlphaGo is, it has not accomplished any thing real outside of being better at some games.
by imranq 9y ago
I mean you can argue that as nice as AlphaGo is, it has not accomplished any thing real outside of being better at some games.
- robertk 9y agoTick tock, my dear friend, the fruits of a mathematical harvest take long to grow; but the rewarding bounties may be enough to feed the walking earth. Or at least the probability of that is higher than Magnus Carlsen providing gain to human welfare of equal measure. ;-)
- nopinsight 9y agoFor a start: DeepMind AI Reduces Google Data Centre Cooling Bill by 40% https://deepmind.com/blog/deepmind-ai-reduces-google-data-centre-cooling-bill-40/ https://deepmind.com/blog/deepmind-ai-reduces-google-data-ce...
- imranq 9y agoBut how much of that saving is because AlphaGo is so great vs a baseline machine learning algorithm?
- psyc 9y agoI encounter comments every day on HN and Reddit, from people with no vision who seem to believe the status quo defines the limit of technology.