In 2016, the sudden emergence of AlphaGo caused widespread concern of the governments and society for artificial intelligence, making it an important driving force of the current global scientific and technological innovation and social change. This paper starts from the development of AlphaGo, its theory and application, and then makes a brief analysis of the development of artificial intelligence and the present situation of its application, main problems, and an in-depth study of the influence of artificial intelligence on development opportunities, the main direction and main content of the application and future development.