Laird
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{gulp}
Indeed.
Cross-posted to the "AI program beats human 3-0 at ancient Chinese game GO - thoughts?" thread:
"Godlike" Artificial Intelligence Just Officially Beat The World's #1 Go Player
For his part, Ke was unintimidated by AlphaGo's rising dominance in his chosen game, boasting last year that he would never lose to an AI.
By the end of Tuesday's contest - which achieved the closest possible result, with AlphaGo winning by just half a point - it's fair to say Ke had adopted a new attitude.
The human champion, who appeared visibly baffled at times through the match, described the AI as peerless, even divine.
"I feel like [its] game is more and more like the 'Go god'. Really, it is brilliant," he said at a press conference afterwards, wishing to never have to go again through such a "horrible experience".
"In the past it had some weaknesses," he added, "but now I feel that its understanding of the Go game and its judgments are beyond our ability."