AlphaGo

AlphaGo

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by Google DeepMind

Heard in 13 episodes across 10 shows since Aug 2026

AlphaGo is an artificial-intelligence computer program developed to play the board game Go. Developed by DeepMind, it combined machine learning and search to defeat top human players and helped demonstrate the capabilities of modern AI; later versions, including AlphaGo Zero, learned through self-play.

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13
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First heard

Aug 2026

Expert statements

2
2 positive

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What experts have said about AlphaGo

2 statements · 2 positive

  1. Eric JangPositiveMay 15, 2026· Dwarkesh Podcast

    AlphaGo makes both Go tree breadth and search depth computationally tractable.

    “AlphaGo gives us a way to basically shrink both of those to be very tractable”

    Listen at 27:47

    Open the episode · Eric Jang – Building AlphaGo from scratch
  2. Pendleton Read Montague, Jr.PositiveFeb 2, 2026· Huberman Lab Essentials

    DeepMind used the dopamine-linked learning algorithm to create a world-champion Go program.

    “That algorithm that I just described with my hands waving is the same thing that David Silver and the DeepMind guys did when they made the world champion go playing program.”

    Listen at 22:36

    Open the episode · How Dopamine & Serotonin Shape Decisions, Motivation & Learning | Dr. Read Montague
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Episodes

13 episodes featuring AlphaGo, newest first

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