All posts tagged "baduk"

  • Lee Se-dol just cannot solve Google's AlphaGo. (Yonhap)
    Rise of the machines: Google AI takes the series with 3 straight wins

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) program AlphaGo celebrated its third consecutive victory against South Korean Go player Lee Se-dol on Saturday, heralding another win for machines against mankind. In their third showdown at the Four...

    • Posted March 12, 2016
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  • (Courtesy of Google)
    Lee Se-dol ‘speechless’ over Google’s A.I.

    By Joo Kyung-don SEOUL (Yonhap) — First, he was surprised. Now, he is speechless. After suffering his second straight defeat against Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) program AlphaGo, South Korean Go player Lee Se-dol said Thursday he accepts...

    • Posted March 10, 2016
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  • Cho Hoon-hyun (Yonhap, file)
    Renowned S. Korean Go player Cho Hoon-hyun joins ruling party

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Renowned South Korean Go player Cho Hoon-hyun joined the ruling Saenuri Party on Thursday, apparently hoping to win a proportional representation ticket in the April general elections. Cho, a ninth-dan player who went pro...

    • Posted March 10, 2016
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  • Lee Se-dol, baduk, AlphaGo
    Google’s AlphaGo beats Lee Se-dol again!

    By Joo Kyung-don SEOUL, March 10 (Yonhap) — Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) program AlphaGo defeated South Korean Go player Lee Se-dol for the second straight time in the ancient board game Thursday, proving that its earlier victory...

    • Posted March 10, 2016
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  • LeeSeDol
    Lee Se-dol ‘surprised’ after losing to computer

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korean Go player Lee Se-dol admitted to being “surprised” after losing the first match of the five-game showdown against computer on Wednesday. “I didn’t think I’d lose. I was quite surprised,” Lee told...

    • Posted March 9, 2016
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  • South Korean Go grandmaster Lee Se-dol (R) makes the first move in his highly anticipated showdown with the Google-developed supercomputer AlphaGo at the Four Seasons hotel in downtown Seoul on March 9, 2016, in this photo released by Google. (Yonhap)
    Artificial Intelligence 1, Human 0: Lee Se-dol loses 1st match to Alpha Go

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Humans 0, machines 1. Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) program AlphaGo beat top-class South Korean Go player Lee Se-dol in the ancient board game Go Wednesday as the self-learning machine stunned the world by taking...

    • Posted March 9, 2016
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  • baduk
    Human vs. Artificial Intelligence

    World Go champion will face Google supercomputer on March 9 By Lee Han-soo, Park Si-soo D-day is upon us. For one week from March 9, top-ranked Go (baduk) player Lee Se-dol of Korea will engage in a...

    • Posted March 7, 2016
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