# AlphaGo Zero – How and Why it Works – Tim Wheeler

<http://tim.hibal.org/blog/alpha-zero-how-and-why-it-works/>

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## What Jamie wrote

Interesting and approachable article reviewing how Alpha Go Zero taught itself how to play Go, and how these techniques can be used for a number of discrete games. 

The last paragraph put an interesting spin on the advances in AI. 😳

> It is interesting to see how quickly the field of AI is progressing. Those who claim we will be able to see the robot overlords coming in time should take heed - these AI's will only be human-level for a brief instant before blasting past us into superhuman territories, never to look back.

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