Google's DeepMind achieves machine learning breakthroughs at a terrifying pace

It's time to add "AI research" to the list of things that machines can do better than humans. Google's Alpha Go, the computer that beat the world's greatest human go player, just lost to a version of itself that's never had a single human lesson. Google is making progress in the field of machine learning at a startling rate. The company's AutoML recently dropped jaws with its ability to self-replicate, and DeepMind is now able to teach itself better than the humans who created it can. DeepMind is the machine behind both versions of Alpha Go, with the latest evolution dubbed Alpha Go Zero -- which sounds like the prequel to a manga.