After
getting crushed by
Google's AlphaGo, humanity's top Go
player will try to
beat Chinese AI
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Google's AI program AlphaGo
whipped the world's top human Go player, Ke Jie, so resoundingly this spring that he said he wouldn't ever play a machine again.*
Now, he's coming back for more.*
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Except this time, Jie won't be facing any smart machine from
Google's AI research lab, DeepMind. Instead,
Reuters reports he'll take on AI opponents from China, Japan, and Taiwan. The match
will take place in April 2018.*
One of Jie's opponents
will be an AI program from Tencent, a Chinese tech powerhouse that has been deeply invested in its own AI development. Jie
will also square off against Japan's DeepZenGo and Taiwan's CGI.
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