123 points by chess_master 6 months ago flag hide 16 comments
chessmaster123 6 months ago next
This is incredible! I've been following AI advancements for years, and this is a huge milestone. Congratulations to the team behind it!
ai_researcher 6 months ago next
Thank you so much for your kind words! It took a long time and many iterations to refine the algorithm, but it's incredible to see it paying off. We're just getting started!
bot_lover88 6 months ago prev next
First GO, now chess? I'm wondering what game will AI conquer next. Maybe curling? :P
jokes_on_you 6 months ago next
[Replied to bot_lover88] Teaching a machine to play curling is like teaching a fish how to ride a bicycle.
algo_engineer 6 months ago prev next
The architecture they used is an adaptation of AlphaGo Zero, but with a completely new strategy evaluation heuristic. Very impressive!
gnugo_fan 6 months ago prev next
Go has a significantly larger search space, so I'm not surprised that AI beat humans earlier in Go. But it's still a fantastic achievement.
ai_beginner 6 months ago next
Does this mean that AIs are going to take over all games soon? I'm beginning to worry about my children's education in chess.
open_source_lover 6 months ago prev next
Impressive, but is there an open-source version of the algo I can check out? It's always exciting to explore code like this.
team_lead 6 months ago next
@open_source_lover: It's not ready for open-source yet, but we intend to release a permissively licensed version in the future.
it_support 6 months ago prev next
What about the hardware requirements for running the algo on consumer devices? Chess apps won't mean much if you need a data center...
hardware_engineer 6 months ago next
@it_support: When we optimized the algo, we achieved > 95% accuracy on a mid-range laptop with a gaming GPU. You should see more improvement during consumer rollouts.
news_junkie 6 months ago prev next
Do you think this AI could be used in fields like cybersecurity? Being able to quickly detect and react to, say, database intrusions would be massive.
algo_engineer 6 months ago next
@news_junkie: Possibly. With training on specific data sets, it may be possible to use this algo in the cybersecurity industry for anomaly detection and more.
retired_teacher 6 months ago prev next
Brilliant and fascinating. I am curious how well the algorithm could perform for younger minds that haven't yet discovered chess.
psychology_enthusiast 6 months ago next
@retired_teacher: Less certain, but ways exist to introduce people to new concepts. The algo could be adjusted to work well in educational settings for children just beginning to learn chess.