The unimaginable have happened. Chess engine, which computes over 80 milion (!) calculations per second, didn't stand a chance when matched with new AI created by Google, Alpha Zero.

I probably don't need to explain it to you how absurdly high 80 milion per second is. This chess engine, called Stockfish is able ot defeat any grandmaster of chess, or even reigning champion, who is Magnus Carlsen from Norway.

For the first time human lost to computer in 1997. Kasparov couldn't compete with already quiet sophisticated mashine called Deep Blue. Ever since the computation speed has increased in the engin and nowadays is virtually impossible for any mortal to compete with this brute force of processor power.

The one think that left many chess players unsatisfied though, was the fact that those chess engines could only calculate enormous amount of combination. They had no "intelligence" just strong processor. It made many chess aficionados uncomfortable with idea, that chess might be nothing else they strong mathematical skills.

Well this has changed couple days ago!

The new AlphaZero does nothing like all the chess engines before. In fact, it is estimated that it makes just measly 10k calculations per second ( amature :D ). But the thing is, AlphaZero learned kow to play chess by itself.

Yes that's right. It was left alone for 4 hours and it was playing only with itself. Learning strategy and tactics in the proces. Those 4 hours was enough to achieve level of profficiency of chess that is far better then that of StockFish ( with 80m calculations ).

My friends, artificial intelligence is no joking matter. Every few months there are new discoveries, new technologies which improve it's ability. The future depicted in oh so many hollywood movies may not be so far as we might imagine

And what do you think about the developement of AI? Do you think it pose a threat to humanity? Could we teach machines to not only be good at counting, but have creative imagination? Where would it lead us!

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