Current Events > GO world champion quits because AI is too good

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https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50573071

A master player of the Chinese strategy game Go has decided to retire, due to the rise of artificial intelligence that "cannot be defeated".

Lee Se-dol is the only human to ever beat the AlphaGo software developed by Google's sister company Deepmind.

In 2016, he took part in a five-match showdown against AlphaGo, losing four times but beating the computer once.

The South Korean said he had decided to retire after realising: "I'm not at the top even if I become the number one."

"There is an entity that cannot be defeated," the 18-time world Go champion told South Korea's Yonhap news agency.

Lee Se-dol is considered to be one of the greatest Go players of the modern era.

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"cannot be defeated"

but beating the computer once

What

I hope nobody makes a dumbo Terminator comment in this topic just because an AI was able to beat humans in a game with an insanely large state space but clearly defined rules

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Well that's a dumb reason.

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MarthGoomba posted...

"cannot be defeated"

but beating the computer once

What

That was 3 years ago, maybe the AI has been improved.

MarthGoomba posted...

What

Presumably he's talking about the fact that he's the only person in the world to win a game, and he got demolished in the overall set.

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