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The AlphaGo program defeated the strongest Go player. The developers stated that this was her last match
On May 27, the AlphaGo program defeated the strongest go player Ke Jie in the third and last game of the tournament, which was held in China. The first two games also ended with the victory of AlphaGo.
According to Xinhua News Agency, Jie gave up after three and a half hours of play.
“I faced a cold, calm and terrifying opponent. I could only predict half of AlphaGo's moves, ”the agency quotes the player.
Program developers from DeepMind (owned by Alphabet) announced that this was the last match of AlphaGo. The company will release data on 50 games played against itself for Go players to study .
“AlphaGo was less of a competition [for humans] but more of a way to inspire players to use new strategies and find new ideas in a 3,000-year-old game,” said co-founder Demis Hassabis.
“The research team that created AlphaGo will now turn its energy to solving other big problems, creating advanced general algorithms that could one day help scientists solve the most difficult problems - discovering new drugs, reducing energy consumption, or creating new revolutionary materials,” it said. in the DeepMind statement.
- AlphaGo was the first computer program capable of beating a professional Go player. Previously, it was believed that it would take decades to develop artificial intelligence capable of competing with professional players.
- In the spring of 2016, the program defeated Go Grandmaster Lee Sedol in an exhibition match. 19-year-old Ke Jie, with whom the program played its last games, is ranked first in the world ranking of Go players.