DOKDO, South Korea, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Lee Se-dol, a professional Go master who recently confronted Google’s deep-learning computer program AlphaGo, visited Dokdo, a disputed island in Korea’s East Sea on Thursday. Accompanied by singer Kim Jang-hoon, Lee’s visit was a part of a charity event to promote the game. The parties arrived at the [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The historic five-round showdown between South Korean Go master Lee Se-dol and Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) program AlphaGo ended last Tuesday with a lot of buzz. While people still talk about the greatness of humanity and the future of AI, the South Korean Go community is happy regardless of the final result [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics has been criticized for another misplaced marketing agenda following the epic match between professional Go player Lee Se-dol and AlphaGo. Lee wore a shirt that had the characters ‘G5’ embroidered on the sleeve. The G5 is expected to be the next smartphone to be launched by Lee’s long time [...]
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 [...]
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 13 (Korea Bizwire) – After proving that the human-like algorithm is not invincible, South Korean Go player Lee Se-dol said Sunday he is very happy and described his victory as “priceless.” “It’s my first time getting this kind of congratulations from people by just winning a single game,” Lee said after the match. At [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) program AlphaGo defeated South Korean Go player Lee Se-dol for the second straight time in the ancient board game Thursday, proving that its earlier victory wasn’t a coincidence. In their second showdown at the Four Seasons Hotel in Seoul, AlphaGo, the AI designed by Google’s London-based firm [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) – All eyes are on the Go battle of the century, the showdown of man versus artificial intelligence. With the world watching on in awe, AlphaGo turned in a much better performance than expected, and won the first match of the five-match series. However, amidst news of the victory, new [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Lee Se-dol, a top-class South Korean Go player, said Tuesday he may not have his way with Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) program, AlphaGo, after all. A day before taking on the advanced human-like algorithm in the ancient board game Go, also known as “baduk” here, Lee said he now [...]