Go figure! Game victory seen as artificial intelligence milestone

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Friday, 29 Jan 2016
1:30 AM MYT

WASHINGTON: You can chalk it up as another victory for the machines.

In what they called a milestone achievement for artificial intelligence, scientists said on Jan 27 they have created a computer program that beat a professional human player at the complex board game called Go, which originated in ancient China.

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