DeepMind’s groundbreaking artificial intelligence, AlphaGo, defeated Lee Sedol 9p in the final game of the Google DeepMind Challenge Match, winning the five game match with a 4-1 score. AlphaGo now goes down in history as the first computer Go program to defeat a top professional player…
DeepMind AlphaGo vs Lee Sedol
Lee Sedol played a five game match against Google DeepMind's AlphaGo computer program in March 2016.
AlphaGo won the match:
AlphaGo 4 – Lee Sedol 1
After defeating Fan Hui 2p with a 5–0 score, Google DeepMind chose to challenge Lee Sedol because of his record as the best Go player in the world over the last decade.
The games will be even, with $1 million USD in prize money for the winner.
The match will take place from March 9 to 15, 2016, in Seoul, Korea. You can join us online to watch and discuss the match. Here's the schedule:
Game 1: Mar 9 — AlphaGo wins by resignation — Video
Game 2: Mar 10 — AlphaGo wins by resignation — Video
Game 3: Mar 12 — AlphaGo wins by resignation — Video
Game 4: Mar 13 — Lee Sedol wins by resignation! — Video
Game 5: Mar 15. — AlphaGo wins by resignation — Video
For more details and timezone conversion, see the detailed match schedule.
As with the Lee Sedol vs Gu Li Jubango, this page will be updated with news and professional game analysis as events unfold.
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AlphaGo vs Lee Sedol: Game 5 – Video Commentary
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