{"id":309708,"date":"2017-04-11T06:17:06","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T06:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=309708"},"modified":"2017-04-11T06:17:06","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T06:17:06","slug":"googles-ai-seeks-further-go-glory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/googles-ai-seeks-further-go-glory\/","title":{"rendered":"Google’s AI seeks further Go glory"},"content":{"rendered":"
Google has challenged China’s top Go player to a series of games against its artificial intelligence technology.<\/p>\n
It said the software would play a best-of-three match against Ke Jie, among other games against humans in the eastern Chinese city of Wuzhen from 23-27 April.<\/p>\n
Last year, the Google program recorded a 4-1 victory against one of South Korea’s top Go players.<\/p>\n
One expert said that result had come as a surprise.<\/p>\n
“A lot of AI researchers have been working on Go because it’s the most challenging board game we have,” said Calum Chace, author of Surviving AI.<\/p>\n
“The conventional wisdom was that machines would ultimately triumph but it would take 10 years or so.<\/p>\n
“The win was a big wake-up call for a lot of people, including many outside the AI community.”<\/p>\n