Is DeepMind's AlphaGo Zero Really A Scientific Breakthrough?

A section of ML researchers dubbed AlphaGo Zero as a significant research advancement in AI, even more important than Alpha Go since Alpha Go Zero learned without any data.

AlphaGo Zero - World's best Go player

DeepMind's AlphaGo Zero Becomes Go Champion Without Human Input - Future of Life Institute

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DeepMind AlphaGo Zero learns on its own without meatbag intervention

DeepMind in AI breakthrough with smarter version of AlphaGo

dThe 3 Tricks That Made AlphaGo Zero Work, by Seth Weidman, HackerNoon.com

Google creates AI that can teach itself and 'isn't constrained by the limits of human knowledge', The Independent

AlphaGo Zero: Discovering new knowledge

AlphaGo Zero: Starting from scratch