SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) – There was no mercy from the machine. Google‘s artificial intelligence (AI) program AlphaGo beat South Korean Go champ Lee Se-dol in their final Go match on Tuesday, taking the five-round Go tournament with a score of 4-1. At the fifth man-versus-computer showdown in Seoul, AlphaGo, the AI designed by Google’s London-based firm [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The first victory of pro Go player Lee Se-dol (33) over Google DeepMind’s AlphaGo was celebrated by internet users all over the world. According to a report by Hankyoreh, a Korean daily journal, internet users created ‘memes’, funny images accompanied with even funnier captions and parody images to celebrate the victory [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean Go player Lee Se-dol admitted to feeling “surprised” after losing the first match of the five-game showdown against computer on Wednesday. “I didn’t think I’d lose, and I was quite surprised,” Lee told a press conference in Seoul after succumbing to Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) program, AlphaGo. Lee [...]