Re:AlphaGo beats the world champion Lee Sedol in first of fi...
by nl on Thursday March 10, 2016 @06:41AM
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It seems unlikely that a computer will be programmed to drub a strong human player any time soon, Dr. Reiss said. ''But it's possible to make an interesting amount of progress, and the problem stays interesting,'' he said. ''I imagine it will be a juicy problem that people talk about for many decades to come.''[1]
Not quite what you are after, but it's pretty clear that he didn't think it would be beating the world champion in 14 years.
Not quite what you are after, but it's pretty clear that he didn't think it would be beating the world champion in 14 years.
[1] NY Times, 2002, http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/01/technology/in-an-ancient-g...