The only Go player in the world who once managed to defeat the AI, the South Korean master Lee Sedol (Lee Sedol) the second game in the rematch series that started yesterday. Earlier, Lee Sedol announced his decision to quit his professional career as a Go player. According to him, a person can no longer resist a computer program in this game, and this makes the game meaningless. However, he decided to have a rematch with NHN Entertainment's South Korean program HanDol.
The first game played yesterday was won by a man with a margin of two stones. According to experts, the computer made a βnovice playerβs mistakeβ, which allowed the multiple world champion in the game of Go to win the first game against the βiron blockheadβ. But today's game was left to the HanDol program. The victory over the man was achieved on the 122nd move.
The third and final game will take place on Saturday in Lee Sedol's hometown, about 400 kilometers south of Seoul. Do houses and walls help? In 2016, Lee Sedol became the only Go player to out of five games, defeat the AlphaGo program of the former company DeepMind, which was bought by Google. During his career, 36-year-old Lee Sedol has earned 18 international and 36 domestic titles in the field of Go. Saturday's game will either end his career or make him think about returning to the sport.
Source: 3dnews.ru