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		Ask HN: Why is it impressive that Google can now win at the game of Go?
		1 point by tarikozket on March 9, 2016 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment
		Everyone says it's a big step for the machine learning but what makes AlphaGo's Go algorithm so important?

PaulHoule on March 9, 2016 [–]

I am impressed that it happened so fast from beating amateurs to being champions.

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