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		abraxas on Feb 15, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: DeepMind has open-sourced the heart of AlphaGo and... How come you weren't able to just get it from DeepMind given that they are a subsidiary of Google? Is there a lot of red tape involved in exchanging IP like that?

amj2 on Feb 15, 2023 | [–]

They were & are very protective of the AlphaGo "brand", is the best-case explanation.

gowld on Feb 15, 2023 | [–]

That defeats the purpose of reimplementing it?

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