Facebook Is Building Artificial Intelligence To Finally Beat Humans at Go


Because of Go's structure, you place black or white stones at the intersection of lines on a 19-by-19 grid, the game has more possible permutations than chess, despite its simple ruleset. The number of possible arrangements makes it difficult to design systems that can look far enough into the future to adequately assess a good play in the way humans can.

Sauce: The Verge