Human Go champ scores surprise victory over supercomputer


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  • Monday, 14 Mar 2016

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SEOUL: A South Korean Go grandmaster on March 13 scored his first win over a Google-developed supercomputer, in a surprise victory after three humiliating defeats in a high-profile showdown between man and machine. 

Lee Se-Dol thrashed AlphaGo after a nail-biting match that lasted for nearly five hours – the fourth of the best-of-five series in which the computer clinched a 3-0 victory on March 12. 

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