Can machines overtake human intelligence?
A breakthrough moment for that answer may
come in less than a week from now... when
the world champion of the ancient board game
Go takes on an AI program developed by Google.
Korean Lee Se-dol and AlphaGO will go toe-to-toe
in the ultimate man versus machine battle.
Kim Ji-yeon reports on how the human champion
thinks the match will play out.
The big match taking place in Seoul between
Korean grandmaster Lee Se-dol and AlphaGO,
a computer program developed by Google...
is gaining a lot of international attention.
Lee and AlphaGO will compete in five rounds
of the ancient game of Go, or baduk in Korean,
starting next Wednesday on March 9th until
the 15th.
Global IT figures such as Eric Schmidt, Executive
Chairman of Alphabet Incorporation, Google's
holding company,... will visit Seoul ahead
of the match.
The competition itself will be aired simultaneously
in China and Japan as well as through Google
Deepmind's Youtube channel.
Grandmaster Lee, who is currently in Shanghai
for the Nongshim Cup World Baduk Championship,
says he is not afraid to lose to AlphaGO...
because he believes he can actually win.
33-year-old Lee says he's anticipating the
upcoming match, which is the first official
match of Go between a human and Artificial
Intelligence.
Grandmaster Lee predicts that the match will
either be a clean sweep or a four-to-one win
for himself...adding that the first match
should indicate how the rest of the games
will play out.
Grandmaster Lee says he will grant AlphaGO
a rematch if he wins... and could be a more
difficult match... saying he believes there
will be a day computers will outrun humans
in the near future.
But he adds that day is not today.
For now, Grandmaster Lee says he looks forward
to seeing his daughter in Korea this weekend...
and plans to stay with her until his upcoming
match with AlphaGO.
Up until now, it was believed that the ancient
game of Go was a board game that computers
couldn't crack due to its complexity.
But Google looks to change that,… with AlphaGO
already defeating European Go champion Fan
Hui, five times out of five tournaments in
a test match in October.
Kim Ji-yeon, Arirang News.
