'With the debut of AI in Go games, I've realised that I'm not at the top even if I become the number one,' added Lee, who retired from professional Go competition last week. — AFP/Google DeepMind
SEOUL: The only human ever to beat Google's computer algorithm at the ancient Chinese strategy game Go decided to retire because he is convinced machines "cannot be defeated", a report said Nov 27.
South Korean Lee Se-Dol's five-match showdown with Google's artificial intelligence program AlphaGo in 2016 raised both the game's profile and fears of computer intelligence's seemingly limitless learning capability.
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