What A Pong-Beating Robot Says About Where Silicon Valley Is Taking AI

Google DeepMind's breakthrough hints at the possibilities of multipurpose artificial intelligence.

Back in 1975, two young computer hackers named Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak helped create a game called Breakout. Inspired by the popular paddle-and-ball game Pong, Breakout asked players to use a similar setup to smash bricks on a screen by bouncing a ball back and forth. While slightly derivative, the presence of the two future Apple cofounders at a critical stage in their careers underscores just how significant video games have been in the history of groundbreaking high-tech.

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