Exploring Google's DeepMind

DeepMind is probably one of the most prominent names that comes up when you talk about the growth of self-learning artificial intelligence, owing to their groundbreaking research and achievements in the field. Acquired by Google in 2014, DeepMind is currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alphabet since the restructuring of Google in 2015. The most notable works of DeepMind include AlphaGo and its successor, Alpha Zero. Let's discuss these projects in greater depth and try to understand what makes them so important in the present day.

AlphaGo

In 2015, AlphaGo became the first piece of computer software to defeat a professional Go player, Lee Sedol, on a 19x19 board. The breakthrough was...