Items tagged with #go

by Brandon Hill - Wed, Nov 27, 2019

Korean Go Champion Hangs Up His Stones, Retires Over Invincible Google DeepMind AI

Google's DeepMind division has been demolishing human opponents left in right in traditional games like Go (also called Baduk), and even more modern fare like Starcraft. However, one human Go player is calling it quits years after he was defeated by DeepMind AlphaGo AI. Lee Se-dol, a South Korean Go champion told... Read more...

by Paul Lilly - Mon, Jun 06, 2016

After Demolishing Lee Sedol, Google DeepMind AI Targets World Number 1 Go Player

Wondering what's next for AlphaGo, the computer that bested South Korea's Lee Sedol, the world champion in the ancient Chinese board game Go? The artificial intelligence program developed from Google's DeepMind division will go up against Ke Jie, China's top Go grandmaster, sometime in March of next year. This is... Read more...

by Brandon Hill - Sat, Mar 12, 2016

AlphaGo Dominates Google DeepMind Challenge With Third Straight Go Win Over Lee Sedol

World renowned Go player Lee Sedol had aspirations of quickly dispatching with Google’s AlphaGo computer. However, Sedol’s chances of embarrassing Google’s DeepMind AI quickly started to evaporate when AlphaGo won the first match. Then AlphaGo won the second match, and early this morning, Google’s AI finished off... Read more...

by Paul Lilly - Thu, Mar 10, 2016

Google AlphaGo AI Notches Second Straight Win Against Legendary Go Player Lee Sedol

Score another victory for artificial intelligence, and specifically for Google's AlphaGo computer. The product of Google's DeepMind division, AlphaGo was again victorious against legendary Go player Lee Sedol, winning a second consecutive time to take a commanding 2-0 lead as part of a five game series. This is... Read more...

by Sean Knight - Fri, Dec 05, 2014

Sony Hack Exposed 47K Social Security Numbers Including Sylvester Stallone, Judd Apatow

Sony Pictures Entertainment is not getting a break from the security break it experienced last month that resulted in Sony shutting down its computers. In the aftermath of the attack, the hackers, called Guardians of Peace, released a set of documents that included around 47,000 Social Security numbers for actors as... Read more...