Update: Google’s AI takes round 1 against Go master Lee Se-dol

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http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/fb_Dq4kV._cOn5UDetxVMA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PT EzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/digital_trends_973/8968912668abed3806e6bac925d53bb9 (http://news.yahoo.com/google-pits-ai-against-one-162724936.html)This week, man will battle machine in Go, one of the oldest known board games-still in circulation. Google’s DeepMind AI group will put its specially developed software to the test against South Korea’s Lee Se-dol with a whopping $1 million in prize money on the line. Updated on 03-09-2016 by Brad Jones:- After three and a half hours of play, the AlphaGo software claimed the first match in the series overnight.- Lee resigned after it became obvious that the computer’s lead was insurmountable, according to a report from Phys. The player is quoted as saying he was “shocked by the result” in the aftermath of his defeat. Several attempts have been made to create an AI capable of playing Go, inspired by the famous chess-playing computer Deep Blue — but Go is generally considered to be a much more difficult for computers to learn than chess. Various attempts at creating such a system have been made in recent years, but-most have proven to be incapable of competing at the highest level. Even Facebook’s darkforest project is yet to defeat a human player without any handicaps being applied. Related: -Who does artificial intelligence think will win at the Oscars? The exception to this trend is Google’s AlphaGo. Using a sophisticated mixture of machine learning and tree search techniques, in October 2015 the software managed to pick up its first win over a human, European champion Fan Hui. While that victory did much to legitimize the upstart AI, AlphaGo now faces even more daunting competition in the form of Lee. The fearsome South Korean is classified as 9 dan — the maximum rank — compared to Fan’s 2 dan, and is the second-most successful Go player in the world in terms of international titles. Lee-has stated that he’s confident that he can beat the computer on this occasion, but is quoted as saying-that he might be outpaced in the next few years in a report by-Ars Technica. However, should he lose, he’ll surely find some commiseration in the fact that Google’s winnings will be donated to worthy causes. AlphaGo’s-upset victory in the March 8 match-demonstrates the advances the Deep Mind team have made even since their bout with Fan last October. Lee described AlphaGo’s late game play as “perfect” and noted that the system “made some moves that no human would ever make.” However, Lee remains confident that he can still mount a comeback as the series continues. The second of five matches is scheduled for-11 p.m. ET on Wednesday, March 9, and will once again be live-streamed-around the world from the Four Seasons hotel in Seoul via the Deep Mind channel on YouTube. Also watch: Formlabs 1+ 3D SLA Printer – Hands on Please enable Javascript to watch this video



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