The Verge writes about AI vs 9th Level Dan Go player!

Excerpt:

http://twitter.com/345triangle/status/707472017323388928/photo/1

Go is an ancient Chinese board game that has long been considered one of the great challenges faced by AI. While computer programs now best the world’s leading human players of games like checkers and chess, the high level of intuition and evaluation required by Go has made it tough for computers to crack. DeepMind’s AlphaGo program is the most advanced effort yet, using a complex system of deep neural networks and machine learning; it beat European champion Fan Hui last year, but Lee Se-dol is another proposition entirely.

Click thru above to read about the game and the challenge. Pretty darn interesting.

Watch the rest of the matches in live stream on youtube [match starts at 32 minute mark] !!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP7jMXSY2xbc3KCAE0MHQ-A