The big South Korean master of the game of Go, Lee Se- Dol, in the second inning against the computer AlphaGo March 10, 2016 in Seoul. – Yonhap News / NEWSCOM / SIPA
    • 03.10.2016 11:43
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It is complicated seriously. This Thursday, the second day of the battle of man contrela machine, the supercomputer AlphaGo again bends human intelligence after a duel of four hours.
 After a first victory Wednesday, the computer program designed by
 Google won in Seoul against the world champion of go the second leg of a five-part series

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The game of go, “Everest” of AI

This is a major victory for specialists in artificial intelligence (AI): Deepmind, a subsidiary of Google who developed the program, had compared the game of go, invented there are about 3000 years in China, the “Everest “AI.

in 1997, Deep Blue IBM computer had created a sensation by defeating the world chess champion Garry Kasparov.

the challenge seemed more noted for the machine to go game in which two opponents are trying to occupy more space on a grid plate by alternately placing checkers (stones) black and white.

the size of the apron (19 lines of 19) offers countless possible configurations – more than there are atoms in the universe, they say. This means that intuition and creativity are essential to win at the highest level. Two areas in which the human, it was believed, was necessarily higher than the machine.



“deep learning”

The artificial intelligence program AlphaGo, AlphaGo, which uses algorithms for him to learn from his experience, became famous in the fall crushing 5-0 Fan Hui, the champion of the game of go Europe. Many experts felt that the game Lee Se-Dol would otherwise be a tough opponent for the machine.

The Google program uses including “deep learning” (Deep learning), machine learning method designed based on layers of “neurons” artificial, mimicking those of the human brain

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This technique, combined with the increased computing power of computers and huge databases availability data on which to drive the machines, has made considerable progress.

“no professional would have chosen these blows”

in the end, the south Korean champion again, was put to execution Thursday by beating “extraordinarily unusual” of the computer, according to the commentator and professional player Kim Seong-Ryong.

“If you ask 1300 players professionals count South Korea, Japan and China, none would have chosen those shots, “said he said during the meeting broadcast live by television stations in the three countries.

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