[ExI] DeepMind wins Game1 in Go championship Match

[Dave Sill]

On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 10:01 AM, John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 8:21 AM, Dave Sill <sparge at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> No, its programmers "taught" it learn how to play better.
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> ​So Einstein should get no credit for discovering General Relativity, the
> entire credit​
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> ​should go to Einstein's teachers. But no that can't be right, the credit
> should go to the teachers of Einstein's teachers. But no that can't be
> right....
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 No, Einstein's teachers didn't program him to discover fundamental
theories of physics. They taught him what they knew and gave him the tools
he needed, but the insight was his. Thousands of other physicists had the
same training but didn't discover GR.

-Dave
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