Computer draws first blood in clash with Go grandmaster
Source: AFP
Seoul (AFP) - A Google-developed supercomputer stunned South Korean Go grandmaster Lee Se-Dol by taking the first game of a five-match showdown between man and machine in Seoul on Wednesday.
After about 3-1/2 hours of play, Lee, one of the greatest players of the ancient board game in the modern era, resigned when it became clear the AlphaGo computer had taken an unassailable lead.
Although the computer had whitewashed European champion Fan Hui 5-0 last October, it had been expected to struggle against 33-year-old Lee, who has topped the world rankings for most of the past decade.
But its creators were bullish going into the match at the Four Seasons hotel in the South Korean capital, saying the computer, which employs algorithms that allow it to learn and improve from matchplay experience, was even stronger than when it took on Fan.
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AxionExcel
(755 posts)PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)( https://www.duckduckgo.com ) so I would like to see what would happen if this go champion played a duck.
Make7
(8,543 posts)... is more than the number of atoms in the universe.
This is a big fucking deal.
Nitram
(22,877 posts)What makes Go different from chess is that it is really a number of chess games going on at the same time. If you get caught up in one battle you can forget the overall game and lose. You have to be aware of all the details of multiple battles without losing sight of the big picture.
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)Somewhat boring but the narrator / speaker makes it interesting.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)Nitram
(22,877 posts)MowCowWhoHow III
(2,103 posts)https://twitter.com/AFP/status/707847894372495360
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)They use advanced algorithms to "prune the tree" and only look at certain moves.