It's only been the first round and I'm not throwing in the towel yet. Unlike AlphaGo, Lee Sedol has an opportunity to learn from their opponents since AlphaGo takes about 30 days of wall clock time to train the networks. There will be 5 games during the next week.
Despite my optimism, the writing is on the wall. AlphaGo and algorithms like it will only improve as you throw more CPU time at them. I actually want Lee Sedol to win, not because it would uphold some kind of human supremacy but because I want to see the AI guys put some more effort (and CPU time) into it. It would be a real shame if they'd win on their first attempt.
Despite my optimism, the writing is on the wall. AlphaGo and algorithms like it will only improve as you throw more CPU time at them. I actually want Lee Sedol to win, not because it would uphold some kind of human supremacy but because I want to see the AI guys put some more effort (and CPU time) into it. It would be a real shame if they'd win on their first attempt.
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