First DeepMind AI conquered Go. Now it's time to stop playing games

DeepMind's AlphaGo artificial intelligence shut out the world's best Go player, 19-year-old Ke Jie, ending their series at 3-0 in late May. Shortly afterward, the Google-owned company announced that AlphaGo was retiring from active competition, having beaten the very best around. It makes sense for AlphaGo to bow out while it's ahead. But by digging deeper into this decision, and looking at historical context, we can see where DeepMind plans to head next. And the future looks very healthy indeed.