DeepMind built AlphaZero to remove Go-specific assumptions and human-crafted knowledge and start from scratch.
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Demis Hassabis, “DeepMind built AlphaZero to remove Go-specific assumptions and human-crafted knowledge and start from scratch.” (said 10 April 2026). Verdict: not researched. Reliability API, claim c_fe3fc31f22e5, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_fe3fc31f22e5
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