HONG KONG – Google created a computer program that won the first game against the best player in the world of Go (an ancient board game Chinese), which represents an important advance for artificial intelligence.
Lee Se-dol, world champion Go , he lost his first game against AlphaGo Google DeepMind program on Wednesday 9 March in Seoul. South Korea will play four games against the computer and could still emerge victorious.
There’s a lot at stake. If Lee wins the series will receive one million dollars (18 million pesos) and ratified its status as world champion; if AlphaGo ends up winning, it would be another sign of technological advancement of the terrifying intelligent computers (Google will donate the prize amount to charity).
“I heard [artificial intelligence] Google DeepMind surprisingly powerful and is becoming more, but I hope I can win,” Lee said before the game.
Lee, 33, has the highest rating for a professional player Go (9 o give ) and they call it “the Roger Federer of Go “.
Go originated thousands of years ago in China. Two players take turns placing black and white stones on a board of 19 rows per side; the aim is to take the territorial control of the board surrounding the opponent with rocks. Games can last several hours and to win a huge mental vitality, intuition and strategy is needed.
To teach computers to dominate the Go has been something of a holy grail for scientists specializing in artificial intelligence. The board has more possible combinations than atoms in the universe, according to Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, company that developed AlphaGo.
“The Go is the deepest game that mankind has created,” Hassabis said. “The Go is a game that is primarily intuition and feeling rather than calculation, so it is very difficult for computers play it well.”
In October 2015, AlphaGo convincingly defeated European champion Go , Fan Hui: finished it in five consecutive games. It was felt that the victory of the computer was a big milestone a decade earlier than experts expected.
In the 1990s, programs software business turned in classic board games like backgammon . His rapid progress culminated in the historic victory of IBM’s Deep Blue computer on chess champion Gary Kasparov in 1997.
But artificial intelligence has taken two decades to understand the baffling complexities of Go . Until recently, programs software could only compete with humans amateur .
Google researchers hope that the qualities of AlphaGo end being used in areas other than table games such as Google and even applications in medicine.
The remaining games will be held here until March 15. They are broadcast live via YouTube channel DeppMind and televised throughout Asia.
DeepMind Google acquired in 2014 with the idea of strengthening its portfolio of companies engaged in artificial intelligence and robotics.
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