An artificial intelligence computer program
has beaten master Go player Lee Se-dol three-to-zero
in a best-of-five competition in Seoul.
Lee Ji-won has more.
The third round of Baduk, also known as Go,...
between grandmaster Lee Se-dol of Korea and
artificial intelligence super computer AlphaGo
ended on Saturday with another win for the
machine.
After 176 moves and over four hours of a very
close competition, Lee Se-dol forfeited, realizing
that he can no longer win the game.
The remaining two games will still be held
through Tuesday despite the fact AlphaGo has
won the first three games.
However,... the one-million U.S. dollar cash
prize and the bragging rights go to AlphaGo
and the DeepMind team.
Journalists from around the world have come
to Seoul to witness this historic match of
man versus machine.
"Definitely most French media have been reporting
about that.
Everybody realizes that it's a big deal that
what happens today will have consequences
in the future.
That's why everybody, whether you know Go
or not, you have to follow up on that, and
you have to report and be ready to learn more
about the artificial intelligence in the future."
As the match is one of the first competitions
between an AI system and the top human expert
in a field, the world has been shocked to
find out that machines can really outsmart
the smartest humans.
"Half the people who know Baduk or Go thought
Lee Se-dol was going to win... so they are
very shocked with the outcome."
"People did not think AlphaGo could win against
Lee Se-dol... but now that it did, they are
starting to think that AI has outsmarted humans
in Go, as it already did for Japanese Chess
or shogi last year."
"With AlphaGo beating the grandmaster of Baduk
by three to zero, and AI proving its intelligence
over humans more and more, people are now
wondering what AI can do next.
Lee Ji-won, Arirang News."
