Artificial Intelligence Defeats Top Player Of Complex Strategy Game “Go”

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Go is a traditional Chinese game, and it's considered the most complex game played by humans. Tatiana Belova/Shutterstock

They might not be able to feel or think yet, but artificial intelligence is progressing at an impressive pace, solving problems thought to be unsolvable by machines.

A computer program can now defeat a professional human player in the classic strategy game Go, as reported in this week's issue of Nature by a team from Google DeepMind. Go is often considered the most complex game humans can play.