>it learned how to play chess well This. Learning to play a game is one thing. Learning how to teach computers to learn a game is another thing. Yes chess pro

>it learned how to play chess well This. Learning to play a game is one thing. Learning how to teach computers to learn a game is another thing. Yes chess programs have been good before, but that's missing the point a little bit. The novel bit is not that it can beat another computer, but how it learned how to do so.