<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="false"><li>AI has evolved from just calculating faster to learning to think like a child through reinforcement learning (RL), which has applications beyond games, touching drug discovery, climate science, and art.</li><li>RL, functioning on delayed and sparse feedback, requires agents to connect actions with outcomes over time, akin to a form of foresight, exemplified by AlphaGo's innovative strategies.</li><li>AI like AlphaGo and AlphaZero harness neural networks to learn from human games, play against itself, and develop understanding without explicit human definitions, enabling creativity in music composition and chess strategies.</li><li>Questions arise as AI surpasses human comprehension in tasks like chess and music composition, prompting inquiries into ownership of ideas and credit for creations beyond human capabilities.</li></ul>

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