Google's DeepMind Defeats Maple Leafs 5-0

The newest publicity stunt for the Alphabet owned DeepMind project.

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Saturday, 24 September 2016

Google's DeepMind Defeats the Toronto Maple Leafs

Three members of the DeepMind team during the opening skate. TORONTO, ON - DeepMind defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs by a score of 5-0 in exhibition play last night. It was the first time an AI has won a hockey game against a professional team. Demis Hassabis describes this as "Phenomenal." "We've had a lot of difficulties trying to teach DeepMind to play team sports. Up to this point it was mainly basic video games and board games. But this...