Game Changer
by Matthew Sadler, Natasha Regan, Garry Kasparov · first published 2019
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"It took AlphaZero only a few hours of self-learning to become the chess player that shocked the world. The artificial intelligence system, created by DeepMind, had been fed nothing but the rules of the Royal Game when it beat the world's strongest chess engine in a prolonged match. The selection of ten games published in December 2017 created a worldwide sensation: how was it possible to play in such a brilliant and risky style and not lose a single game against an opponent of superhuman strength? For Game Changer, Matthew Sadler and Natasha Regan investigated more than two thousand previousl
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I recommend Matthew Sadler's Game Changer and The Silicon Road To Chess Improvement.
on “Gemini 3” ↗…geniuses applied to the task and spending their whole lives on it. Rediscovery and expansion happened in a wall clock time that is better measured in minutes than generations. [1]: https://www.amazon.com/Game-Changer-AlphaZeros-Groundbreakin...
on “AI Is Ushering in a New Scientific Revolution” ↗