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Game Changer

AlphaZero's Groundbreaking Chess Strategies and the Promise of AI

by Matthew Sadler

Recommended by Berci Meskó and Demis Hassabis

Recommended by Berci Meskó and Demis Hassabis

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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Technology, and Art.

It took AlphaZero only a few hours of selflearning 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 wor...

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Demis Hassabis

Congratulations to all of the authors on this year’s shortlist for @ecfchess book of the year, including @gmmds & @NatashaRegan123 for Game Changer, their brilliant book about #AlphaZero | Game Changer is simply the best book I've read this year. It's not only about one of the most exciting stories ever (how #AlphaGo and AlphaGo Zero were developed to beat the best players in chess and go), but it's also a detective story for #chess players a cognitive orgasm!
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