Mandatory Homework: AlphaGo
I know what you're thinking...OH nOoOoO, HoMeWOrK?!
Don't worry, because this homework is FUN!
Your homework is to watch a movie tonight. Specifically, AlphaGo - The Movie.
It's an award-winning documentary that follows a team of researchers that worked to develop an AI that could play the game Go, and then faced that AI against the world's best Go player. It's not particularly long either (1.5 hours).
In particular, you need to learn about the famous (or infamous) "Move 37". This will be relevant later in the course!
Here's the full description of the documentary:
With more board configurations than there are atoms in the universe, the ancient Chinese game of Go has long been considered a grand challenge for artificial intelligence. On March 9, 2016, the worlds of Go and artificial intelligence collided in South Korea for an extraordinary best-of-five-game competition, coined The DeepMind Challenge Match. Hundreds of millions of people around the world watched as a legendary Go master took on an unproven AI challenger for the first time in history.
Alright, that's enough from me. Grab some popcorn and enjoy the show!