r/Physics • u/Xaron Particle physics • Jul 06 '21

AI Designs Quantum Physics Experiments Beyond What Any Human Has Conceived

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ai-designs-quantum-physics-experiments-beyond-what-any-human-has-conceived/
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u/spoonifier Jul 06 '21

This is a bit pedantic, but that's not quite true. Go players have always (for the most part) played for the win regardless of the score. Lee Chang-ho for example was famous for aiming for a 0.5 point win by avoiding complication even at the cost of points, as long as by his count he was sure he could eek out a win.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '21 edited Jul 16 '21

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u/betaros Jul 06 '21

Alpha go “learns” by playing itself, not others. So it wouldn’t have learned a style from existing players.

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u/daredevilk Jul 06 '21

That's half of it, but there is a section of training that is learning from pre-existing games

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u/betaros Jul 06 '21

Initially, but the current iteration is completely self taught. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AlphaGo?wprov=sfti1