[jacquesm]

> Biology is efficient in energy use, so what?

That's a very bold statement to make coming from the perspective of an industry that does just about everything it can to save energy. Better programming means lower energy consumption, to achieve a win like this on 1% of the energy budget would be a major game changer (no pun intended).

AlphaGo is still using brute force quite a bit, the stage is set for a much improved batch of software that will focus less on brute force as a main strategy.