I breathe a sigh of relief in learning that Diving Queen 吴敏霞 (Wú Mǐnxiá) (pictured in the second photo above along with her husband) attended and hosted the 体育大生意峰会 (Sport Business Summit) awarding ceremony held at 三里屯洲际酒店 (InterContinental Sānlǐtún) Hotel in 北京 (Běijīng), China on January 16, 2018 where the Go superstar 柯洁 (Kē Jié) (pictured in the first photo above) was awarded as one of the most influential people in sports business for the year 2017. Photos: Visual China Group.
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Go star 柯洁 (Kē Jié) did not apparently change his wish for no revenge with AlphaGo on being awarded as one of the most influential people in sports business for the year 2017 on the occasion of the 体育大生意峰会 (Sport Business Summit) held at 三里屯洲际酒店 (InterContinental Sānlǐtún) Hotel in 北京 (Běijīng), China on January 16, 2018. Photo: sports.sina.com.cn.
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Google’s AI AlphaGo defeated Go world’s number one 柯洁 (Kē Jié) for the third time in a row on Saturday, thus winning 3–0 the three-game match held in 乌镇 (Wūzhèn), China. “I faced a cold, calm and terrifying opponent, to the best of my ability, I could only predict half of AlphaGo’s moves. I wish I could have done better”, 柯洁 (Kē Jié) finally said.
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Google’s AI AlphaGo secured victory after winning also the second game in a three-game match against Go world’s number one 柯洁 (Kē Jié) in 乌镇 (Wūzhèn), China on Thursday, May 25, 2017. After the second defeat, 柯洁 (Kē Jié) commented: “I’m a little bit sad, it’s a bit of a regret because I think I played pretty well”.
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Chinese censors blocked online broadcast of the Go match between Go world’s number one 柯洁 (Kē Jié) and Google’s AI AlphaGo underway in 乌镇 (Wūzhèn), China. Photo: AP.
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柯洁 (Kē Jié), who once boasted he would never be beaten by a computer at the ancient Chinese game, said he had “horrible experience”. [Read more].
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A screen at the 中国乌镇围棋峰会 (Future of Go Summit) in 乌镇 (Wūzhèn), China, keeps score during the match between Chinese player 柯洁 (Kē Jié) and Google’s AI AlphaGo. Photo: 吳鴻 (Wú Hóng)/EPA.
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On March 19, 2016, the strongest Go player in the world, Lee Sedol, sits down for a game against Google DeepMind’s artificial-intelligence program, AlphaGo. They’re at the Four Seasons Hotel in Seoul’s Gwanghwamun district, and it’s a big deal: Most every major South Korean television network is carrying the game. In China, 60 million people are tuning in. For the English-speaking world, the American Go Association and DeepMind are running an English-language livestream on YouTube, and 100,000 people are watching. A few hundred members of the press are in adjacent rooms, watching the game alongside expert commentators. [Read more].
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Seoul, March 9 (Reuters) – Google’s AlphaGo computer program on Wednesday won the first of a series of five matches against one of the world’s best players of the complex board game, Go, marking a new milestone in the development of artificial intelligence (AI).
South Korean professional Go player Lee Sedol, an 18-time international title winner, conceded defeat in a match broadcast live, with one Youtube stream watched by tens of thousands of people worldwide, and domestic cable gave frequent updates. AlphaGo, built by Google subsidiary DeepMind, made history in October, by becoming the first computer program ever to beat a human professional player at the ancient Asian board game. [Read more]. |
