“Congrats to the Google DeepMind team on this historic milestone in AI research – a third straight victory over Go grandmaster Lee Sedol”, he wrote.
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Does this match mean that artificial intelligence is way smarter than humans?
But coming off from concern of getting swept by the machine, Lee showed his usual style of direct play, going center to ruin the AlphaGo’s presumed territories in the center and bottom left corner.
The two sets of deep neural networks enable AlphaGo to crunch data in a way more like what humans do, discarding millions of potential moves that were pointless as human players would instinctively know.
While AI programs began being able to beat humans at chess decades ago, the best Go players in the world have always been able to outsmart Go-playing software – until now.
Go community has experienced shocking ups and downs in the week.
After the second consecutive loss to Deep Mind, Lee Se-dol said he was “speechless” because AlphaGo played a “nearly flawless game”.
Although Lee gained a lead only toward the end, after struggling in the early part of the fourth match, he eventually forced AlphaGo to resign, the report said.
It’s hard to prove whether AlphaGo really found playing black more difficult. The players take turns placing black or white stones on a grid, with the object of dominating the board by surrounding the other player’s pieces.
5 game match even took place when Deepmind offered 1 million prize to Lee Sedol. “But I doubt whether I can beat AlphaGo again in terms of the psychological aspect as I see it concentrates till the end without getting shaken”.
Lee also said he did not think AlphaGo was more superior to humans, but admitted he had to do more studying.
The Korea Baduk Association on Tuesday awarded AlphaGo an honorary professional 9-dan title, the highest possible rank and the same as that held by Lee, for exhibiting creative and brilliant skills and contributing to the game’s progress.
Lee adds, “Thanking all the people who cheered for him and he says he will show a more advanced Lee Sedol in th future”. This is the first time a machine has topped the very best at Go-a 2,500year old game that’s exponentially more complicated than chess.
Their fight broke out in the bottom right corner, which Lee managed to save some points against AlphaGo’s white stones.
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The special man-versus-computer Go tournament, organized by Google’s London-based firm DeepMind and the KBA started last Wednesday in Seoul.
