AlphaGo’s uncanny success at the game of Go was taken by many as a death knell for the dominance of the human intellect, but Google researcher David Silver doesn’t see it that way. Instead, he sees a world of potential benefits.
As one of the lead architects behind Google DeepMind’s AlphaGo system, which defeated South Korean Go champion Lee Se-dol 4 games to 1 in March, Silver believes the technology’s next role should be to help advance human health.
