Go World Champ Round 3 will feature Google's AlphaGo and Ke Jie, a 19-year-old Chinese player that ranked number 1 worldwide and defeated the Go legend Lee Se-dol. Reports suggest that Google's AlphaGo's gameplay has brought some interesting progress both to human and artificial intelligence.
AlphaGo is the first computer Go program that beats a professional player since its creation in 2015 by Google's DeepMind. In 2016, the AI defeated a Go legend named Lee Se-dol with scores 4-1 in a five-game match which sparks the interest of several scientists, The Verge reported.
This year's competition will bring AlphaGo and the 19-year-old Chinese player in the arena. Ke Jie has been a professional Go player since the age of 10 and has beaten of Lee Se-dol in high-profile matches several times which makes Lee no longer considered as the planet's greatest Go player.
Go was invented in China more than 2,500 years ago and is reportedly played by millions of people around the world. The game's goal are to build territories and capture opponent's pieces by placing black or white stones in the board.
Interestingly, AlphaGo has positive impacts on human beings' capability in playing the game. In fact, a professional Go player Zhou Ruiyang said that everyone has tried different style and strategies that have never been tried before just to beat off Google's AI, Geek reported.
The showdown of DeepMind's AI and Ke Jie will be the highlight of the Future of Go Summit on May 23 until May 27. The Go World Champ will also take on two different formats such as Pair Go where AlphaGo is paired with two human players and Team Go where five human players will play against AlphaGo.
The event is a collaboration between Chinese Go Association, Chinese Government and Google. A forum on the "Future of Artificial Intelligence" is expected to transpire where visitors can learn more about machine learning methods and its use on energy reduction and medical research.
