The latest AI can work things out without being taught
https://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21730391-learning-play-go-only-start-latest-ai-can-work-things-out-without [www.economist.com]
2017-10-18 21:16
It is much better at the game, learns to play much more quickly and requires far less computing hardware to do well. Most important, though, unlike the original version, AlphaGo Zero has managed to teach itself the game without recourse to human experts at all.
Original: https://deepmind.com/blog/alphago-zero-learning-scratch/