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Eric Jang – Building AlphaGo from scratch

Explore episode May 15, 2026

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Automated AI researchers

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Eric reports from his AlphaGo project: LLMs excel at hyperparameter tuning and executing experiments, but fail at lateral thinking — choosing the right question and recognizing dead-end research tracks.

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