DeepMind games--machine intelligence's next move

THE CHILD chess prodigy who created a computer that outplays human grandmasters--Demis Hassabis, founder of DeepMind--explains how games are a testing ground for algorithms and what real-world challenges he hopes to tackle with artificial intelligence. And, what can AlphaZero, the game-playing computer, teach human players? Kenneth Cukier also speaks to chess players Natasha Regan and Matthew Sadler, the authors of "Game Changer" on AlphaZero's chess strategy, as well as the chess historian Dominic Lawson about the future of machine intelligence and its interplay with human wisdom. Upgrade your inbox and get our Daily Dispatch and Editor's Picks.