Machine learning could lead to economic hypergrowth, new research suggests

Artificial intelligence could spark 'radical' economic boom, according to new research

Jeon Heon-Kyun | Getty Images This week, Google-owned DeepMind published the latest findings of Alphago, its project in which a computer learns how to play the board game Go. This latest installment, dubbed Alpha Zero, managed to beat Google's existing AlphaGo 100 times consecutively after only three days of training.

Jeon Heon-Kyun | Getty Images This week, Google-owned DeepMind published the latest findings of Alphago, its project in which a computer learns how to play the board game Go. This latest installment, dubbed Alpha Zero, managed to beat Google's existing AlphaGo 100 times consecutively after only three days of training.