DeepMind has applied its mastery of games to a more serious business: the foundations of computer science. The Google subsidiary today unveiled AlphaDev, an AIsystem that discovers new fundamental algorithms. According to DeepMind, the algorithms its unearthed surpass those honed by human experts over decades. The London-based lab has grand ambitions for the project. As demand for computation grows and silicon chips approach their limits, fundamental algorithmswill have to become exponentially more efficient. By enhancing these processes, DeepMind aims to transform the infrastructure of the digital world. The first target in this mission issorting algorithms, which are used to order…
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