Monthly Archives: December 2017

Feel obsolete yet?

DeepMind’s AlphaZero Crushes Chess a generic version of their [Deepmind’s] algorithm, with no specific knowledge other than the rules of the game, could train itself for four hours at chess … and then beat the reigning computer champions – i.e. … Continue reading

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December

Cork Winter Olympics Edition The 2017 Cork Go Tournament was held over the last weekend of November. As suggested by the locals sporting the latest in arctic fashion, it was cold… Thirteen players took part in all. Kim and Justyna, … Continue reading

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