#ignorance #creativity #innovation ## Why did AlphaGo beat human players > It wasn't necessarily its **intelligence**. It was the fact that the machine learned the game from scratch, with no coach, no human intervention, no lessons based on an expert's past experience. The Al followed the fixed rules, not the millennia of accepted cultural norms attached to them. It didn't take into account the three-thousandyear-old traditions and conventions of Go. **It didn't accept the narrative of how to properly play this game. It wasn't held back by limiting beliefs.** [[Ditch the rules and assumptions]] ## Ignorance opens new doors Ignorance brings forth innovation; a lack of knowledge can create more openings to break new ground. If we approach a task with ignorance, it can remove the barricade of knowledge blocking progress. Not being aware of a challenge may be just what we need to rise to it. > The great artists throughout history are the ones able to maintain this childlike enthusiasm and exuberance naturally. --> Try to experience everything as if for the first time. > When you see what's present around you as if for the first time, you start to realize how astonishing it all is. > As artists, we aim ot live in a way in which we [[Art is a portal to the unseen world|see the extraordinary hidden in the seemingly mundane]]. Then challenge ourselves to share what we see in a way that allows others a glimpse of this remarkable beauty.