The most highly anticipated tournament pitting
man against machine is only a day away, and
the main players involved in the Baduk, or
Go, match are gearing up... or loading up...
in Seoul.
Alphabet Inc. Chairman Eric Schmidt, Demis
Hassabis, the CEO of DeepMind Technologies
and developer of AlphaGO, and Korea's Lee
Se-dol, the reigning human grandmaster of
the game... all appeared at a press conference
on Tuesday in Seoul.
Schmidt said regardless of the the result,
the winner of the match is humanity, because
artificial intelligence will make each and
every person smarter and better.
Hassabis said he had not hit the ceiling of
AlphaGo limits, so he is here to test it out.
Lee Se-dol thanked the team for giving him
the opportunity to become a part of this match
that he said will be a historical event for
both Go and AI.
