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Move 37, or how AI can change the world | HuffPost Contributor

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In Game Two of AlphaGo versus Lee Sedol in March 2016, the machine made a move no human would ever think of doing. “Move 37” was unimaginable in the more than three thousand year history of the game. By taking position on the “fifth line” AlphaGo pushed the boundaries of human intuition. In Game Four Lee Sedol reciprocated with a human moment of transcendence, “Move 78”. These two moves have now entered the corpus that students of Go will study forevermore. But the moves did not just change the world of Go; they are pointers to how the world is about to change because of Artificial Intelligence, or to be more specific because of General Artificial Intelligence.

In Game Two of AlphaGo versus Lee Sedol in March 2016, the machine made a move no human would ever think of doing. “Move 37” was unimaginable in the more than three thousand year history of the game. By taking position on the “fifth line” AlphaGo pushed the boundaries of human intuition. In Game Four Lee Sedol reciprocated with a human moment of transcendence, “Move 78”. These two moves have now entered the corpus that students of Go will study forevermore. But the moves did not just change the world of Go; they are pointers to how the world is about to change because of Artificial Intelligenc

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