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The artificial intelligence program, developed by Google-owned DeepMind, is retiring from competitive Go play after sweeping a three-match series against Chinese Go master Ke Jie at the The Future of Go Summit in Wuzhen, China. The team behind AlphaGo plans to use to the AI program to develop "advanced general algorithms" that can help scientists with issues like "finding new cures for diseases, dramatically reducing energy consumption, or inventing revolutionary new materials." AlphaGo's prowess at beating human Go masters has been held up as an example of how AI can, in some applications, surpass the smarts of mere mortals. The company also released a special set of AlphaGo vs. AlphaGo games -- the AI learned by playing millions of games against itself -- that contain "many new and interesting ideas and strategies" for Go players.