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Re:Google reveals secret test of AI bot to beat top Go players by chrisp_dc on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @06:44PM (#13323253)
Anyone know the origin of the name they chose? Did they name their bot after the rapper Percy Miller?
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Re:Google reveals secret test of AI bot to beat top Go players by 21 on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @07:50PM (#13323711)
I seriously doubt the Percy Miller connection.

AlphaGo is the best player in the world, so a name like Master fits it :)

They also probably didn't want to choose a human looking name which could mislead people, and instead chose one which could presumably be either of a human or an AI.

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