Why does it matter that Google’s DeepMind computer has beaten a human at Go?

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A computer has won a game of Go against a person — much to many humans’ surprise. The game still has some time to go — AlphaGo's win was just the first part of a best of five match. As with much work in artificial intelligence, Google’s DeepMind team trained the computer using a system of trial and error. A development called machine learning allows computers to gather information like we do — meaning that they can make themselves more clever and more intelligent with time.