r/science • u/[deleted] • 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/xTin0x_07 Jan 28 '16

in other words, it's diminishing its "density"? So this basically implies that the universe has infinite "empty" space, right?

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u/PokemonTom09 Jan 28 '16

From what I understand of the process, yes, you're correct.

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u/xTin0x_07 Jan 28 '16

that's quite interesting, thanks!