Googles AI beats European Go Champion 5-0

i don't disagree i was merely saying the exercise would be all the more fruitful via FA.

I think Sorian would back me there.

FA isn't a multimillion dollar esport.

Not that SC2 will be one for much longer either.

see that's what I don't get.

how is that relevant to the science work

More players = More data to research on.
Also more available pro players. As in real pros that spend every waking minutes practicing their play to make money in tournaments. Useful for comparision to the very best human capability.
Also support from Blizzard in developing the whole API and stuff.
So many reasons. Easy decision really.

we have those.
even if they don't fight for the same sums you can bet your *** they're spending every waking hour practicing.

but i digress

How many thousand such people do you have?

more like 50 or so

You know what I don't get? How you are incapable of getting this.

I don't understand how snakes and ladders is so hard, it's just based on luck.

Which means no AI can win reliably. Cant beat bad luck with machine learning

A mysterious player is owning pro go players online right now. Either a super human or, more likely, a bot.

http://www.ecns.cn/2017/01-04/239996.shtml

http://www.kotaku.com.au/2017/01/someone-is-destroying-online-go-and-nobody-knows-who-it-is/

EDIT:
It is indeed AlphaGo:

https://twitter.com/demishassabis/status/816660463282954240

I was actually looking forward to finding out about who this player is:/ It's just a computer haha

Heh, "just" a computer. You mean: "wow, a computer did that?".