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How Go Players Disempower Themselves to AI
Written as part of the MATS 9.1 extension program, mentored by Richard Ng o. From March 9th to 15th 2016, Go players around the world stayed up to watch their game fall to AI. Google DeepMind’s AlphaGo defeated Lee Sedol, commonly understood to be the world’s strongest player at the time, with a convincing 4-1 score. This event “rocked” the…