in case you are following the tech news, Google's AlphaGo beat the world Go champion Lee Sedol, not once but twice.
Here is the link of the game 2 review: http://gogameguru.com/alphago-races-ahead-2-0-lee-sedol/
My friend asked me about how the mathematics is doing works behind AlphaGo's AI. I know it is machine learning, and Google Deepmind uses the term "deep learning", but can't quite elaborate the connection of it with a certain theorem in math. Machine learning is one possible area I would like to pursue in my Mathematics graduate study. Here I appreciate if you guys can tell me a few direction I could follow in the newest mathematics behind this. Thanks.
If you are interested in starting your journey in Artificial Intelligence, I suggest to get your hands on Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, by Stuart Russell and Peter Norvig, which comes recommended by the Machine Intelligence Research Institute of San Francisco.
It is a really in-depth introduction to the topic, with very few prerequisites. Plus it has tons of well-thought exercises.