Microsoft says its AI mahjong bot has surpassed top human players - The Star Online

Artificial intelligence has thrashed humans at chess. Now the bots are gunning for mahjong. An AI-powered program developed by Microsoft Corp has surpassed the average level of the top players in a recent competition in Japan, Harry Shum, executive vice-president of the companys artificial intelligence and research group, said in Shanghai on Thursday. To those friends who usually lose money in mahjong, this is good news to you, Shum said to laughter at the World AI Conference. The bot player developed by Microsoft can deal with high uncertainty, presenting instincts akin to human, projection and deduction capabilities as well as a sense of overall consciousness.