IIRC did AlphaGo train with itself and came up with new strategies, which where not understood by humans anymore.

True, but it did so using a combination of brute force and genetic algorithms (written by humans) and a fitness function(*)(written by humans).

I haven't any knowledge of the code beyond brief potted descriptions, but I suspect there are probably several fitness functions used to assess possible moves at different stages of the game.

When someone comes up with a program that can watch a game or games being played (by humans or programs) and can first divine the rules and then devise a program like AlphaGo, then we'll have something approaching AI.

When a 'general purpose' AI program gets bored of analysing genomes, nuclear reactions and black holes and spontaneously decides to invent a game to combat its boredom; that'll be true AI ;)

With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
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In reply to Re^3: How will Artificial Intelligence change the way we code? by BrowserUk
in thread How will Artificial Intelligence change the way we code? by LanX

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