![]() AlphaGo not only beat Sedol, but it played in ways that humans had never seen or played before. Unlike the first transformations, the third shift was brought about not by a human but rather by a computer program. The latest revolution happened in front of a global audience watching Sedol play AlphaGo. Go Seigen, one of the greatest Go players of the 20th century, and Kitani Minoru departed from the traditional opening moves and introduced Shinfuseki, making a profound impact on the game. * The second transformation occurred in the 1930s. Warlord Tokugawa led the first revolution in the 1600s, increasing the popularity of Go as well as raising the needed skill level. Each of these eras represented a total change in the strategies used by Go’s best players. Throughout Go’s history, three momentous shifts have taken place regarding how to play the game. Go, however, has many more options and requires thinking about the correct strategy and making the correct moves early on. Go players tend to look down on chess players because of the exponential difference in complexity.Ĭhess is a game where Grandmasters already know the openings and strategies and, in a way, play not to make mistakes. Therefore, the game is extremely hard to master. The rules are simple, but the board is a 19-by-19 grid with 361 points to place pieces, meaning the game has more possible positions than atoms in the universe. While the exact origins are unknown, Go dates from around 3,000 years ago. By the end of the March 2016 tournament, AlphaGo had beaten Sedol four out of the five games. It was the first time that a computer had beaten the world champion of Go, representing an extraordinary achievement in the development of artificial intelligence. Almost four hours after the match started, Sedol was unable to beat this superhuman being. But in fact, AlphaGo had made all the calculations, and it was about to win the game. Commentators did not understand why AlphaGo would make such a rookie mistake. ![]() ![]() Then, Huang placed a white stone in a location that seemed an error. But this time, he could not read his opponent because AlphaGo had no expression. After a surprising move by the AI, Sedol looked at Huang’s face to try to understand what his opponent was feeling, a technique used by Go players. As the match went on, Sedol began to feel more nervous. It calculated all the best options and could predict and place each piece in the best spot on the board. AlphaGo used strategies that only the very professional players use, and the commentators were surprised at how human it looked. The match between Sedol and AlphaGo started intensely. Lee Sedol chooses the black stones, giving him the chance to start and his opponent seven and a half points as compensation. Many photographers and videographers stand in the room to stream the match to the millions watching, both live and on replay. If Huang wins, it will be the first time an AI system has beaten the highest ranked Go player. The match is a mark in history for artificial intelligence. Via a computer screen on Huang’s left, AlphaGo instructs him on where to place each piece on the board. In a blue room with three judges, the best Go player in the last decade, Lee Sedol, plays against an amateur, Aja Huang, who is assisted by an artificial intelligence (AI) system. People say ‘It’s as plain as the nose on your face.’ But how much of the nose on your face can you see, unless someone holds a mirror up to you? Isaac Asimov, I, Robot * It is the obvious which is so difficult to see most of the time.
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