Google's Artificial Intelligence beats world champion in the game "Go"

      After winning 3 matches in a row with the world champion of the game "Go" in best-of-five competition, Google's computer program, AlphaGo has won the competition.


     This Chinese board game is considered to be a much more complex challenge for a computer than chess, and AlphaGo's wins were seen as a landmark moment for artificial intelligence. Go is a game of two players who take turns putting black or white stones on a 19-by-19 grid. Players win by surrounding their opponents pieces with their own.


      In the first game of the series, AlphaGo triumphed by a very narrow margin - Mr Lee had led for most of the match, but AlphaGo managed to build up a strong lead in its closing stages.

      After losing the second match against AlphaGo program, Lee Se-dol said he was "speechless" adding that the AlphaGo machine played a "nearly perfect game".

      In the third game commentators said that Lee Se-dol had brought his "top game" but that AlphaGo had won "in great style".

      You can watch the full match below:
Match-1


Match-2
Match-3

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