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A bit off topic, but what the hell does the word "Alpha" mean in their marketing? Are they just going to call every AI they create from now on "Alpha_"


AlphaStar didn't really use any techniques from AlphaGo either, so the answer is 'yes'. Anything sufficiently whizzy will get the 'Alpha' prefix for branding.


It probably has something to do with the parent company being named Alpha_Bet.


Damn you're right


"Alpha" means dominant, the best. The best chess player, the best go player...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_(ethology)


Alpha is also a reference to the "learning rate" in machine learning models.


Isn’t that usually lambda?




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