PC for business: AI vs The Go Master; Obama's new open data initiative

Friday 11 March 2016

Artificial Intelligence vs The Go Master

On this episode of the TechRepublic podcast we discuss how Google's DeepMind AlphaGo AI defeated Go master Lee Sedol, and explain why you should learn the world's oldest game.

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