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A human player beat a top-ranked AI system in 14 out 15 games of Go, using tactics suggested by a computer program that had probed the AI system for weaknesses

Amateur Kellin Pelrine exploited weakness in systems that have otherwise dominated board game's grandmasters

Financial Times Richard Waters

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  • @moreisdifferent Dan Elton on x
    1/ Trying to signal boost w a short 🧵 Amateur Go player Kellin Pelrine can consistently beat “KataGo”, an AI system that was once classified as “strongly superhuman”. Strikingly, the strategies employed to beat the AI do not foil other amateur players. https://www.ft.com/... http…
  • @gioasempre Amandeep Gill on x
    Notwithstanding the breathless commentary of the past few years, still time to build a correct understanding of what AI can, and more importantly cannot do. This 👇🏽 https://www.ft.com/...
  • @jimpethokoukis James Pethokoukis on x
    This is some real Econ 101 stuff here showing how machines can make humans more productive. 👨 + 🤖 = ⤴️ https://twitter.com/...
  • @zkallenborn Zachary Kallenborn on x
    Important piece, especially for debates on AI in the military. AlphaGo beat the world's best Go players, then an amateur human beat it using simple tricks. Except in war, states will confront an entire intelligence apparatus dedicated to finding the flaws in an autonomous weapon …
  • @thorburntoronto Craig Thorburn on x
    First example I have seen in which a person hacks powerful #AI with a technique that would be obvious to a human. Will not be the last example. https://twitter.com/...
  • @andreworlowski Andrew Orlowski on x
    This is just kicking the bots when they're down 🫣 https://twitter.com/...
  • @johnthornhillft John Thornhill on x
    “We've been far too hasty to ascribe superhuman levels of intelligence to machines,” says Prof Stuart Russell https://www.ft.com/...