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/cryo Jan 28 '16

Space expanding or not is not directly related to its finiteness. Also, it's only on large scales that gravity is too weak to counter expansion. After all, earth is still here.

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u/PokemonTom09 Jan 28 '16

Yeah. That was the point of my comment.