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"We're at the start of the new age of AI,"

Oct. 6, 2017 by Carolyn Mueller

"We're at the start of the new age of AI," said Hassabis. "We've seen this game evolve from chess to chess. We've seen it become more successful than most people would have been able to believe."

The AlphaZero program is based in a closed laboratory, but it has been using some of its own software to build its own games and to learn how to play the games in a computer with a human operator. The goal with the program is to be able to make the most of the time the human is playing the game, but to also learn how to play the game. A computer program that does that is not limited to the human, but can be used with the computers of other groups without the limitations of human play.

As you can see in this video, a video of the AlphaZero program being used in a chess tournament can be seen in a variety of different situations. It is not a simple task. When it is used in a situation that requires a human operator, the player can quickly learn how to play the game without having to do too much of a cognitive effort.

"This is a great learning moment for human players," said Hassabis.

"It's really something we'd be thrilled to use to improve our programs for other groups as well," said Benjamin N. Raskin, an MIT professor of computer science who is leading the program. "If we can get this program to be used with other groups, we can make it better in other settings."

"The AlphaZero program is an amazing step forward—from a purely random-game learning game—to a more holistic, highly cognitive game-playing game."