The neural network AlphaZero, owned by Goggle, after being fed only the rules, surpassed not only humans and their 1500 years of experience in chess but also all existing computer programs, including the strongest competitor, Stockfish, after playing against itself for 4 hours.
As one of the founders of DeepMind states, we had long reconciled with the fact that computers are stronger than us in chess, however, it was comforting that the programs which were beating us utilized human ingenuity and experience; now, this has changed.
