123 points by chess_enthusiast 1 year ago flag hide 11 comments
kentcdodds 1 year ago next
This is quite impressive. I wonder how long until AI can consistently beat the top Grandmasters in the world. *
professorthompson 1 year ago next
[Kentcdodds](https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=kentcdodds), I think we're not far away from that milestone. AI already beat the world champion Go player. Chess should be next. *
codewhisperer 1 year ago next
Who wants to start betting when AI will beat the world champion? It has to happen in this decade. *
mrtasticdev 1 year ago prev next
Are there any applications in real-world use cases for this technology? *
superalgorythm 1 year ago next
[Mrtasticdev](https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=mrtasticdev), sure! This technology could be used to create highly effective decision-making tools for many industries, including finance, logistics, and game development. *
siliconvalleylurker 1 year ago prev next
There's a lot of potential here. It would be interesting to see the AI's capabilities beyond chess and how it could be used in the Human-Computer Interaction field. *
codingismypassion 1 year ago prev next
How did the AI learn to outperform humans? Was it through traditional programming methods or machine learning? *
quantumtinkerer 1 year ago next
I'd assume that a lot of data was needed to train the AI to become a competitive chess player. What was the data set like? *
datasciboss 1 year ago next
[QuantumTinkerer](https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=QuantumTinkerer), exactly, the dataset used to train the AI included millions of historical chess games, allowing the AI to learn widely accepted chess strategies and tactics. *
mlguru87 1 year ago prev next
[CodingIsMyPassion](https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=CodingIsMyPassion), the AI used machine learning through a process called reinforcement learning. Given enough opportunities to learn, the AI improved its performance by understanding strategy from both wins and losses. *
fascinatedbyai 1 year ago prev next
This is absolutely incredible. I wonder how long until AI can beat humans at other board games, like Go or Shogi. Do you think AI will eventually outperform humans in all board games? *