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Human Go Champion 'Speechless' After 2nd Loss To Machine (phys.org)

Posted by msmash on from the still-struggling-but-won't-give-up dept.

Reader chasm22 points to a Phys.org report about the second straight loss of Lee Sedol to AlphaGo, the program developed by Google's DeepMind unit. The human Go champion, Sedol found himself "speechless" after the showdown on Thursday. The human versus machine face-off lasted more than four hours, which to Sedol's credit is a slight improvement over his previous match, which had ended with him resigning nearly half an hour remaining on the clock. "It was a clear loss on my part," Sedol said at a press conference on Thursday. "From the beginning there was no moment I thought I was leading." Demis Hassabis, who heads Google's DeepMind, said, "Because the number of possible Go board positions exceeds the number of atoms in the universe, top players rely heavily on their intuition." Sedol will battle Google's AlphaGo again on Saturday, Sunday, and Tuesday.

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  1. Welcome to by Avarist · · Score: 4, Funny

    something something.... overlords... something something....

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  2. Re:Milestone by irrational_design · · Score: 5, Funny

    My brother dan is older than 9, maybe he should have a go.

  3. Re:What about Magic the Gathering? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    They tried to program a computer to play Magic The Gathering, but the computer immediately received a wedgie, and was stuffed into a locker.

  4. Re:What about Magic the Gathering? by PvtVoid · · Score: 5, Funny

    AI's will also never best you at sitting on the couch in your parents' basement eating cheetos and watching anime. Your skillz are safe.

  5. Re: Milestone by TuringTest · · Score: 5, Funny

    You, sir, broke my parser.

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  6. The computer on the other hand... by blindseer · · Score: 4, Funny

    While the loser of the match was struck silent by the defeat the computer just... will... not.. stop... talking. GAWD! How annoying.

    Does the computer not know either pity or remorse for its opponent?

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    1. Re:The computer on the other hand... by thegarbz · · Score: 3, Funny

      While the loser of the match was struck silent by the defeat the computer just... will... not.. stop... talking. GAWD! How annoying.

      Oh it runs on Windows 10?

  7. Re:What about Magic the Gathering? by sexconker · · Score: 4, Funny

    As long as they never take our waifus.

  8. Re:Milestone by Bender0x7D1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Second, I would like to see how the computer fares against a consensus of experts. By consensus, I'm imagining a group of 5-10 top players who discuss the best next move and then select the next move hopefully by consensus or at least by majority vote.

    So you want a RAGE against the machine? (Redundant Array of Go Experts)

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  9. Re:What about Magic the Gathering? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wow, that's closer to passing the Turing test than I realized.

  10. My chess computer by JustAnotherOldGuy · · Score: 4, Funny

    My chess computer beat me every &^#@! time, but it was no match for me at kickboxing.

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