The article points out why this technology is important in a much wider arena than the world of chess! Most unnerving was that AlphaZero seemed to express insight. Its an excerpt from the Introduction by Demis Hassabis, founder of artificial intelligence company DeepMind, the devlopers of AlphaZero - the technology which is the subject of Game Changer.
Garry Kasparov BBC Focus magazine, January 2019, carries an excerpt from new book Game Changer.
Hidebound disciplines like education and medicine will also be shaken. With a Foreword by former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov and an Introduction by DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis.Ĭhess has been shaken to its roots by AlphaZero, but this is only a tiny example of what is to come. Not just in solving games, but in providing solutions for a wide variety of challenges in society. Game Changer offers intriguing insights into the opportunities and horizons of Artificial Intelligence. The story of AlphaZero has a wider impact. Both professionals and club players will improve their game by studying AlphaZeros stunning discoveries in every field that matters: opening preparation, piece mobility, initiative, attacking techniques, long-term sacrifices and much more.
Game Changer also presents a collection of lucidly explained chess games of astonishing quality. Sadler and Regan reveal its thinking process and tell the story of the human motivation and the techniques that created AlphaZero. They also had unparalleled access to its team of developers at DeepMind and were offered a unique look under the bonnet to grasp the depth and breadth of AlphaZeros search. The selection of ten games published in December 2017 created a worldwide sensation: how was it possible to play in such a brilliant and risky style and not lose a single game against an opponent of superhuman strength? For Game Changer, Matthew Sadler and Natasha Regan investigated more than two thousand previously unpublished games by AlphaZero. The artificial intelligence system AlphaZero had been fed nothing but the rules of the Royal Game when it beat the worlds strongest chess engine in a prolonged match. It took AlphaZero only a few hours of self-learning to become the chess player that shocked the world.
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