China wants a 'Go' at Google's DeepMind

A group from China says it wants to build an AI to challenge the Google DeepMind AlphaGo system. According to a Reuters and Shanghai Securities News report, the Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence and the Chinese Go Association plan to challenge AlphaGo to a computer-versus-computer Go match. The report did not …

[wx666z]

Here comes the answer

And when both AI's end up with a pattern displaying 42?

Mine's the old fart sweater.

[Chris G]

Ultimate thinking

True useful human type AI will have 'arrived' when a computer can give a man a reasonable sounding excuse that will gain him sympathy, to give to his wife for forgetting their anniversary/her birthday/mother's name etc.

[raving angry loony]

Re: Ultimate thinking

A "magic 8 ball" can do that. It's not the excuse, it's the delivery that counts.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: Ultimate thinking

"A "magic 8 ball" can do that. It's not the excuse, it's the delivery that counts."

Great line, delivered flawlessly but I'll raise you "fork 'andles" (today only).

[Spacedinvader]

Re: Ultimate thinking

'ose....

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: Ultimate thinking

Ah, but an AI would never have reached the capabilities of processing and thought to come up with the solution of:

"Simply keep forgetting those dates until she no longer cares and accepts you don't give a shit."

Been working well for me for the last 26 years of marriage.

[Mark 85]

I hope that Google and the Chinese both teach their computers how to play Tic-Tac-Toe first before putting them on the Internet to challenge each other and anyone else. Hopefully no one has the missile launch controllers on the Internet but teaching Tic-Tac-Toe should ensure that no bad end comes from this.

[Sandtitz]

@Mark 85

As long as these two AI's are not in control of the nuclear weapons and neither has a mission to protect mankind I'm all right with connecting these two.

Colossus was much more scary than WOPR.

[Roq D. Kasba]

Re: @Mark 85

Jeux Sans Frontiers

[allthecoolshortnamesweretaken]

Re: @Mark 85

Colossus = IoT with nukes

[allthecoolshortnamesweretaken]

Hmm, I think I've already seen this happen...

[AbelSoul]

Fantastic! I watched every episode of RD yet had no recollection of this so I guess I must've been pished for that episode.

Have a virtual pint for prompting me to revisit season 2.