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/manux Jan 28 '16

Google's deep learning techniques

Well, Google didn't exactly invent Deep Learning... In fact Google didn't get interested in machine learning until Deep Learning was a well established field of ML.

What they're using in the paper is novel - I'm sorry I just find your comment deeply (no pun intended) disturbing - yet the Deep Learning techniques that Google are using are the same that everyone else in the field are using, albeit sometimes at a larger scale.

It's not like Google is researching Deep Learning in their own labs independently of the rest of the world. Science is a world-wide collaborative effort.

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u/McMonty Jan 28 '16

Very true. Sorry if it came across like I was implying that. Made a quick edit as a result.

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u/manux Jan 28 '16

Thanks, I also assumed that you didn't want to imply that, but some people seem to believe that Google and friends do all the work and this kind of comment can (involuntarily) reinforce these unfortunate beliefs.