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= David Silver (computer scientist)
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David Silver is a prominent computer scientist known for his work in artificial intelligence, particularly in reinforcement learning and deep learning. He is a principal researcher at DeepMind, a leading AI research company that aims to develop general artificial intelligence. Silver is well-known for his role in the development of AlphaGo, the first AI program to defeat a human champion in the game of Go. This achievement demonstrated significant advancements in machine learning techniques, particularly in using deep neural networks and Monte Carlo tree search.