Is AlphaGo Really Such a Big Deal? | Quanta MagazineIn other words, these arguments don’t address the core question: Will the technical advances that led to AlphaGo’s success have broader implications? To answer this question, we must first understand the ways in which the advances that led to AlphaGo are qualitatively different and more important than those that led to Deep Blue. In chess, beginning players are taught a notion of a chess piece’s v
