Seoul than four hours -. That was really not OK! 3: 0 for the computer. The day on which a computer can beat a world-class player in the game of Go comes earlier than expected. The third victory of the Google software AlphaGo against the Senior Lee Se-dol drops clearly.
The spectacular forces comparison between humans and computers in the tricky game of Go has the Google software AlphaGo clinched early. The program defeated on Saturday in Seoul in the third of five scheduled duels the South Koreans Lee Se-dol, who had dominated the strategy game for years
He apologized afterwards to his fans that he had not lived up to expectations. “I was powerless. ” Already the first win of the program last Wednesday was seen as a milestone in the development of self-learning machines and artificial intelligence.
“Go” was considered too complex for computer
Go with its many possible play down was to last as too complex for computers. Although AlphaGo had made in October headlines when it the European Championship Fan Hui with 5: 0 was outclassed. But this is not like Lee Se-dol is a world leader.
Since the match in October, the software improved further. The programmers they fed initially with millions trains the best human players, but can she herself to
Despite the insurmountable. 3: 0 lead from AlphaGo the match against Lee goes on Sunday and Tuesday next. It will be shown live on the Google Video website YouTube
AlphaGo already secured the prize money of one million dollars. – The amount to be donated
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The rules are relatively simple
Two players try on a game board -., A grid of 19 vertical and 19 horizontal lines – to conquer territories. But they take turns placing black and white stones.
But on the board with 361 fields a huge number of trains is possible, making it difficult even for a powerful computer to ascribe the development of the game.
Lee admitted on Saturday to have been, despite his vast experience under stress and felt the pressure of having to win against the program. “However, today’s defeat was a Lee Sedol, not of mankind,” he said.
According to experts AlphaGo went the third game as a result of moving to the start aggressively and quickly secured areas at the bottom. Although Lee countered, but in the end he was able to gain any benefits. AlphaGo have shown a very strong game, the commentator Michael Redmond said on YouTube.
AlphaGo was developed by the British company Deep Mind that Google had bought two years ago, according to media reports for $ 500 million. Cofounder Demis Hassabis said in Seoul, the third victory had made him speechless
But AlphaGo is still far from being perfect. “There is still room for improvement.” Hassabis often speaks of teaching computers thinking.
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