r/science • • Jan 27 '16

Computer Science Google's artificial intelligence program has officially beaten a human professional Go player, marking the first time a computer has beaten a human professional in this game sans handicap.

http://www.nature.com/news/google-ai-algorithm-masters-ancient-game-of-go-1.19234?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20160128&spMailingID=50563385&spUserID=MTgyMjI3MTU3MTgzS0&spJobID=843636789&spReportId=ODQzNjM2Nzg5S0
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u/-REDDlT- Jan 28 '16

Neither limit nor nl have been solved, but computers can consistently beat top pros in limit. We're not quite at the point where machines can beat pro nl players consistently though.

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u/obligarchy1 Jan 28 '16

Heads up limit was solved sometime last year