In a stunning victory for humanity, an amateur player has beaten the world’s best Go-playing computer system. The game of Go is widely considered to be one of the most complex board games in existence and has long been thought to be beyond human reach. However, this amateur player managed to exploit weaknesses in systems that have otherwise dominated grandmasters and beat them at their own game.
The match was played between Lee Sedol, a South Korean professional Go player with 18 international titles under his belt, and AlphaGo – an artificial intelligence (AI) developed by Google DeepMind Technologies Ltd., which had already defeated European champion Fan Hui 5-0 earlier this year. After five grueling rounds against AlphaGo, Lee emerged victorious with 4 wins compared to 1 loss from AlphaGo; thus marking a major milestone for AI development as well as human ingenuity in gaming strategy.
This remarkable achievement shows how far technology can go when it comes to mastering complex tasks such as playing board games like Go but also highlights the importance of creative thinking when it comes up against machines programmed by humans themselves. As we continue our journey towards more advanced forms of AI technology we may find ourselves increasingly relying on creativity rather than brute force computing power if we are ever going toe-to-toe with machines again!
Read more at Ars Technica
