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Go Master Lee Says he Quits Unable to Win over AI Go Players

SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean Go master Lee Se-dol, who retired from professional Go competition last week after gaining worldwide fame in 2016 as the only human to defeat the artificial intelligence (AI) Go player AlphaGo, said his retirement was primarily motivated by the invincibility of AI Go programs. “With the debut [...]

S. Korean Go Master Impressed by Google Programmer playing for AI

SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean Go master Lee Se-dol said Wednesday he was impressed by the machine-like behavior of a Google programmer who was placing stones for the artificial intelligence (AI) program AlphaGo during the historic man-versus-computer tournament. Lee left for a vacation on Jeju Island with his wife and daughter earlier in the day [...]