Will robots take our children's jobs?

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13. Google's "superhuman" DeepMind AI claims chess crown

Google says its AlphaGo Zero artificial intelligence program has triumphed at chess against world-leading specialist software within hours of teaching itself the game from scratch.

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http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-42251535

This AI went from novice to world class chess player in four hours.

The usefulness of this AI is not as a chess player, but as a more general purpose problem solver.

Let's suppose this AI is put to use designing effective chess playing software for use in much less sophisticated machines than itself, say a machine with the computing resources of a smart phone. The little machine wouldn't have to be a world champion chess player, it would only have to play better chess than most competent human chess players.

This same process can be applied to flying an airplane, driving a truck or car, picking strawberries...

Such technological advancements are desirable in a society where everyone has a comfortable home, nobody is hungry, everybody has access to appropriate medical care, schools are free, literacy is celebrated, and there are no disparities of income large enough to distort the political process.

Otherwise the potential for dystopian futures is great.