Showing posts with label baduk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label baduk. Show all posts
Friday, August 26, 2016
Googles AI vs Koreas top Baduk player schedule and livestream link
Googles AI vs Koreas top Baduk player schedule and livestream link
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| "FloorGoban" by Goban1 - Own work. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons. |
If youre interested, heres the schedule for the rest of the match as provided by Google:
The games will start at 1pm Korea Time (4am GMT; day before 11pm ET, 8pm PT) on these days:
- Wednesday, March 9: First game
- Thursday, March 10: Second game
- Saturday, March 12: Third game
- Sunday, March 13: Fourth game
- Tuesday, March 15: Fifth game
They are live-streaming on this YouTube channel, and you can set-up reminders there for it.
Also Google is updating that blog post after each match, so if youre lazy you can check back there for the basic details of how each match went, or any number of media outlets. So far its Man 0 : Machine 1. Read more here.
And for something funny, one of my coworkers saw the headline of this match but wasnt particularly interested in it. He saw that the match was between ??? and ???. So when me and another guy are chatting about it during the smoke break, he goes "So anyway, what kind of a name is ??? anyway? Is he like some relation to ? ????"
And for something funny, one of my coworkers saw the headline of this match but wasnt particularly interested in it. He saw that the match was between ??? and ???. So when me and another guy are chatting about it during the smoke break, he goes "So anyway, what kind of a name is ??? anyway? Is he like some relation to ? ????"
Thursday, August 18, 2016
Googles AI vs Koreas top Baduk player coming this March
Googles AI vs Koreas top Baduk player coming this March
It looks like Google will be bringing their A-game to Seoul in March for an epic man-vs.-machine match. SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY.
UPDATE: The match will be held March 9, 2016. See more here:
- AlphaGo creator remains confident-INSIDE Korea JoongAng Daily
- Historic Go match set for March 9-INSIDE Korea JoongAng Daily
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| "FloorGoban" by Goban1 - Own work. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons. |
In a blog post today, Google highlighted the achievements of some artificial intelligence program called AlphaGo, designed to play the ancient game of "Go" or "baduk" as Koreans call it. The machine has already beat some hotshot player in Europe and in a small blurb about the next step, Google will bring the tech here to Seoul in March to face off against some local Korean hotshot. But why not hear it form the horses mouth:
What’s next? In March, AlphaGo will face its ultimate challenge: a five-game challenge match in Seoul against the legendary Lee Sedol—the top Go player in the world over the past decade.
[Official Google Blog: AlphaGo: using machine learning to master the ancient game of Go]
Mr. Lee is ranked 9-dan in the game, which is apparently good. Fans of "Reply 1988" (???? 1988) may notice that the baduk-playing character Choi Taek (??) is also ranked 9-dan, as was the real-life inspiration for the character (maybe).
Anyway itll be interesting to see how the match goes, and whether any nationalist (Korea vs. USA), corporate (Naver/Samsung vs. Google), or humanist (man vs. machine) sentiments appear. I hope they do, frankly, because excitement.
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