The unthinkable has happened: Google’s AlphaGo computer program has easily dispatched multiple world champion Lee Sedol in a Go exhibition match, winning 3:0 (out of possible five games).
At a post-match news conference, Sedol apologized for not showing a better result. “I kind of felt powerless,” he said.
He said that in the first match, he misjudged the capabilities of AlphaGo. The second match would have been make-or-break, but he missed opportunities. As for the third math, he said he never felt as much pressure. Lee ended up resigning.
“I was incapable of overcoming this amount of pressure,” he said. Read more…
