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    In 1997, when IBM’s “Deep Blue” beat chess master Garry Kasparov, it seemed like the computers were on the verge of taking over. Now, the computers have taken one step closer to total domination. A machine designed by Google just to beat a master at Go, an ancient board game that’s even more complicated than chess.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Mar 17, 2016 • 1 min read

    In 1997, when IBM’s “Deep Blue” beat chess master Garry Kasparov, it seemed like the computers were on the verge of taking over. Now, the computers have taken one step closer to total domination. A machine designed by Google just to beat a master at Go, an ancient board game that’s even more complicated than chess. It’s a major milestone for the humans designing the artificial intelligence that will power the next generation of computers. But how big a step?

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    5 of 5
    Gang Injunctions, El Chapo and AI's Big Step Forward
    1. 0:29Policing Gangs
    2. 9:40The Legality of Gang Injunctions
    3. 20:25Web Roundup: Who Are the Most Influential People On the Web?
    4. 31:22Sean Penn, El Chapo and "The Go Between"
    5. 46:10OK GoYou’re reading this
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