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What we learned in Seoul with AlphaGo

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What we learned in Seoul with AlphaGo ABOUT ZENFONE - What we learned in Seoul with AlphaGo, Go isn�t just a game�it�s a living, breathing culture of players, analysts, fans, and legends. Over the last 10 days in Seoul, South Korea, we�ve been lucky enough to witness some of that incredible excitement firsthand. Weve also had the chance to see something thats never happened before: DeepMinds AlphaGo took on and defeated legendary Go player, Lee Sedol (9-dan professional with 18 world titles), marking a major milestone for artificial intelligence. Pedestrians checking in on the AlphaGo vs. Lee Sedol Go match on the streets of Seoul (March 13) Go may be one of the oldest games in existence, but the attention to our five-game tournament exceeded even our wildest imaginations. Searches for Go rules and Go boards spiked in the U.S. In China, tens of millions watched live streams of the matches, and the �Man vs. Machine Go Showdown� hashtag saw 200 million pageviews on Sina Weibo. Sales of G...

AlphaGo using machine learning to master the ancient game of Go

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AlphaGo using machine learning to master the ancient game of Go ABOUT ZENFONE - AlphaGo: using machine learning to master the ancient game of Go The game of Go originated in China more than 2,500 years ago. Confucius wrote about the game, and it is considered one of the four essential arts required of any true Chinese scholar. Played by more than 40 million people worldwide, the rules of the game are simple: Players take turns to place black or white stones on a board, trying to capture the opponents stones or surround empty space to make points of territory. The game is played primarily through intuition and feel, and because of its beauty, subtlety and intellectual depth it has captured the human imagination for centuries. But as simple as the rules are, Go is a game of profound complexity. There are 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,...