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Ke Jie: Lee Se Dol will defeat AlphaGo 5:0

Xinhua, February 22, 2016 Adjust font size:

The rules of "AlphaGo - Lee Se Dol Go Match" has been announced on Feb. 22 and Ke Jie, the No.1 Go Chess player in China, indicated that Lee would clean sweep the computer by 5-0.

AlphaGO, the AI Go player researched and developed by Google, defeated European Champion Fan Hui last October, which thrilled the public.

Go Chess, a game with full of sophistication and complexity, has always been considered as the last game that human intelligence could be able to fight against AI. In early days, AI could not win a single game even play against amateur players. Although Fan Hui is not an world class player, the result of that game was extraordinarily surprising.

The match between AlphaGo and Lee Se Dol will be held in March. Lee asserted in press conference held on Feb. 22 that AlphaGo could by no means defeat him; the final result would be 4-1 or 5-0.

"He was too modest about it," said Ke Jie, who played against Lee many times since last year, "I'm not perfectly sure about this, but I'm going to say that Lee would win by 5-0 according to that game last October."

The developer claimed that the critical idiosyncrasy of AlphaGo is his deep learning ability. "It is said that AlphaGo is learning all the time, even at the time we are doing this interview, so it is hard to say what the AI would be like in three months," said Ke Jie, "barring any unforeseen circumstances, Lee would win anyway."

The game will be played in Chinese rules, but the result would essentially be the same whether the rule is, according to Ke Jie. "Professional Go players will not be impacted by that, and neither will be a computer."

Ke Jie also declared that AI would win one day in the end despite the predictable defeat in March. "AI has been developed in a fast pace. We the pros have paid a lifetime effort to reach the height we've got today, but we have to reconcile to it when the day comes," said Ke Jie. Endit