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AlphaGo beats Lee Sedol again in match 2 of 5

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Re: AlphaGo beats Lee Sedol again in match 2 of 5

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Wow you're fast!

good to know they'll play all 5 games no matter what the result is though

People seem to think Lee knew he lost and was just playing to learn more. Hope he learned enough to take the overlord down in the next three games

Re: AlphaGo beats Lee Sedol again in match 2 of 5

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post #3

If AlphaGo wins all 5 matches, what do you think DeepMind will do with it? My intuition is that they won't continue development, and instead focus on other applications. Great game btw, a pleasure to watch.

I think people in the Go community wants to see AlphaGo play against the top ranked player. Otherwise I hope they'd at the very least release it as an AI for people to play against.

Re: AlphaGo beats Lee Sedol again in match 2 of 5

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post #3

If AlphaGo wins all 5 matches, what do you think DeepMind will do with it? My intuition is that they won't continue development, and instead focus on other applications. Great game btw, a pleasure to watch.

They might continue for a while. They probably have a lot of ideas they still want to try out. Plus they haven't played against Ke Jie yet.

Re: AlphaGo beats Lee Sedol again in match 2 of 5

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This game was largely played extremely well by both sides. There were a a few peculiar-seeming moves made by AlphaGo that the commentator found very atypical. These moves ended up playing a very important role in the end game.

I should also say that it's somewhat clear that Sedol made one suboptimal move, and AlphaGo capitalized on it. Interestingly, the English commentator made the same mistake as he was predicting lines of play. This involved play in the center of the board, in a very complicated position. Prior to this set of moves, the game was almost a tie. Afterwards, it was very heavily in AlphaGo's favor.

Re: AlphaGo beats Lee Sedol again in match 2 of 5

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This game was largely played extremely well by both sides. There were a a few peculiar-seeming moves made by AlphaGo that the commentator found very atypical. These moves ended up playing a very important role in the end game. I should also say that it's somewhat clear that Sedol made one suboptimal move, and AlphaGo capitalized on it. Interestingly, the English commentator made the same mistake as he was predicting…

Center evaluation is hard for humans, but not for bots, it seems.
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