Shall we play a game? mccool/Alamy A single artificial intelligence can beat human players in chess, Go, poker and other games that require a variety of strategies to win. The AI, called Student of Games, was created by Google DeepMind, which says it is a step towards an artificial general intelligence capable of carrying out … Read more
Go involves placing stones on a board to claim territory Shutterswtock/Lunx AIs can beat the world’s best players at the board game Go, but humans are starting to improve too. An analysis of millions of Go moves has found that professional players have been making better and more original game choices since Go-playing AIs overtook … Read more
Beth Singler is an anthropologist specialising in artificial intelligence at the University of Cambridge. She argues that AI’s lack of transparency is leading many people to fear the technology and others to elevate it to a mysterious god-like figure. Rather than fearing a robot rebellion or being judged by a deity version of AI, she … Read more