Lee Sedol
Lee Sedol is a South Korean former professional Go player of 9 dan rank who is best known for his 2016 match against Google DeepMind's AI program AlphaGo, where he lost 1–4 but secured one historic victory. He retired from professional play in November 2019, citing the increasing dominance of AI in Go. He currently serves as a specially appointed distinguished professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), where he conducts research fusing AI and Go.
“The AI system knows 100% that the game is over... But the entire world, all the experts, including probably Lisa Dahl himself, think that this is a very, very close game.”
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