About this episode
<p>In March 2016, more than 200 million people watched AlphaGo become first computer program to defeat a professional human player at the game of Go, a milestone in AI research that was considered to be a decade ahead of its time. Since then the team has continued to develop the system and recently unveiled AlphaZero: a program that has taught itself how to play chess, Go, and shogi. Hannah explores the inside story of both with Lead Researcher David Silver and finds out why games are a useful proving ground for AI researchers. She also meets Chess Grandmaster Matthew Sadler and women’s international master Natasha Regan, who have written a book on AlphaZero and its unique gameplay.</p><p>If you have a question or feedback on the series, message us on Twitter (<a href="https://twitter.com/deepmind?lang=en">@DeepMind</a> using the hashtag #DMpodcast) or email us at <a href="mailto:podcast@deepmind.com">podcast@deepmind.com</a>.</p><p><strong>Further reading</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.alphagomovie.com/">AlphaGo the documentary</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.surroundinggamemovie.com/">The Surrounding Game: Documentary about the ancient game of Go</a></li><li><a href="https://deepmind.com/research/case-studies/alphago-the-story-so-far">DeepMind website: AlphaGo</a></li><li><a href="http://www.kasparov.com/deep-thinking-ai/">Garry Kasparov: Deep Thinking</a></li><li><a href="https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2019/event/ai-more-than-human">AI: More than Human - Exhibition at the Barbican Centre</a>, 2019 and <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/0wLCk0X1qEe5KA">online exhibit</a></li><li><a href="https://deepmind.com/blog/article/alphazero-shedding-new-light-grand-games-chess-shogi-and-go">DeepMind blog: AlphaZero: Shedding new light on chess, shogi, and Go</a></li><li><a href="https://www.newinchess.com/game-changer">Matthew Sadler and Natasha Regan: Game Changer - a book about chess and AI</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.wired.com/2016/05/google-alpha-go-ai/">WIRED: What the AI behind AlphaGo can teach us about being human</a></li></ul><p><strong>Interviewees:</strong> DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, Matthew Sadler, chess Grandmaster; Lead Researcher David Silver, Matt Botvinick, Director of Neuroscience Research; and Natasha Regan, women’s international chess master.</p><p><strong>Credits:</strong><br />Presenter: Hannah Fry<br />Editor: David Prest<br />Senior Producer: Louisa Field<br />Producers: Amy Racs, Dan Hardoon<br />Binaural Sound: Lucinda Mason-Brown<br />Music composition: Eleni Shaw (with help from Sander Dieleman and WaveNet)<br />Commissioned by DeepMind</p> <p><p>Please leave us a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts if you enjoyed this episode. We always want to hear from our audience whether that's in the form of feedback, new idea or a guest recommendation! </p><p> </p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>