Chess Soul: Buy the Shijia chessboard at the beginning

Go is more complex than our universe.

围棋棋盘横竖各有19条线，共有361个落子点，双方交替落子，这意味着围棋总共可能有10^171（1后面有171个零）种可能性。

You may not have a sense of how big this number is.

However, the total number of atoms in the universe is 10^80 (1 followed by 80 zeros). Even if the material in the entire universe is exhausted, all possibilities of playing Go cannot be stored.

In other words, it is impossible for a computer to memorize all these possibilities and then compare them with Gao Yongxia's results to search for the best move!

This is also the source of confidence for all Go players in the Go circle. They do not believe that such a computer exists.

Since there are so many possibilities in Go, there are no routines. The only way to win at Go is to let the computer learn to "learn" instead of memorizing.

Therefore, the purpose of AlphaGo is not only to win this game of chess, but also to promote an AI idea, a deep learning idea.

At first, people imagined that the human-machine battle might involve robots. Unfortunately, the person sitting opposite Gao Yongxia was not a robot, but Dr. Huang Shijie Huang, one of the authors of Alpha Dog Go.

The flag of Dr. Huang’s side is the British flag, because AlphaGo, the Google Go program competing this time, is an artificial intelligence company from the United Kingdom. Google previously spent 4 million euros to acquire this company.

Google has previously input 30 million Go moves by Go masters into a computer, allowing artificial intelligence to learn Go on its own. This self-learning is a breakthrough achievement.

Now Gao Yongxia deeply understood that although the person sitting opposite him was not a human being, he was the crystallization of human wisdom.

Dr. Huang and his team did it and did something that no one could have imagined before.

At this moment, Tian Minze could feel Dao Gao Yongxia's pain through the camera, as if he couldn't believe it and couldn't accept it.

Dr. Huang, who was sitting opposite him, felt a trace of tragedy, struggle and anger, which made Dr. Huang bite his lip nervously in sympathy.

Gao Yongxia held a sunspot and seemed to want to continue making moves, but found that he had nowhere to move. He looked at the chessboard in confusion, taking some time to accept the result of losing.

Tian Minze had no intention of continuing to explain. He stood up and walked aside. The camera followed Tian Minze. At this time, Tian Minze saw Lin Rihuan in the Korean studio. The sense of loss in his eyes could not be increased.

Lin Rihuan couldn't help but get up when he saw Tian Minze and walked to Tian Minze, muttering only one sentence.

Yu Lijun translated on the side, "What Lin Jiuduan said was that he lost, and he actually lost."

Tian Minze looked at the Korean chess player whose confidence was shattered, and could only reach out and pat Lin Rihuan on the shoulder. The two had played against each other many times in the arena, and they were considered old acquaintances. Tian Minze had never seen this so-called Lim Il-hwan, South Korea's "tough" chess player, has such an unbearable performance.

As a professional chess player, it is difficult to accept such a result, because from the perspective of professional chess players, it will be a long time before Go is conquered by computers, and it is completely impossible to happen now.

But actually, it happened.

Tian Min took the elevator downstairs and left the arena directly.

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As the winner, the AlphaGo team left quietly. There were no interviews or lively celebrations. Only a few engineers blushed and high-fived in the audience, feeling extremely proud of their work.

As the loser, Gao Yongxia was instead led into the press conference room, where media from all over the world asked questions and interviews.

When Gao Yongxia entered the stage, the flash lights kept lighting up, and the whole world was watching the live broadcast of this moment.

Gao Yongxia had an awkward smile on his face, "First of all, I have to say that I didn't expect that I would lose at all. I made a mistake in the middle of the game, and then I kept making mistakes until the end, so I lost the game. I didn't expect that I would lose. Alpha Dog, he is a top player. Losing one game will not affect my subsequent state. I think the odds of winning and losing are even now."

"I would like to pay tribute to the team that developed AlphaGo, such an amazing program."

"Of course I will lose to the computer, but the value of Go will not be reduced because the computer cannot feel the beauty of Go."

"I will do my best to uphold human values."

"thank you all."

Gao Yongxia waved his hand and left the scene without continuing the interview.

Before the game, it was generally believed that if a professional chess player loses even one game, it is a failure for mankind. Such expectations, coupled with such results, are bound to disappoint many people.

Dr. Huang expressed his opinion, quoting Tian Minze's pre-match comments, "No matter who wins or loses, this is a victory for mankind" and "artificial intelligence also serves mankind better."

After Gao Yongxia left the Chess Academy and walked quickly on the street, Tian Minze and Gao Yongxia made an appointment to come to a small chess hall next to the Korean Chess Academy.

As soon as Gao Yongxia entered the door, "Uncle An, is Minze here?"

Uncle An, also known as Uncle An, was once a professional chess player. He pointed to a small private room inside. Gao Yongxia opened the door and found that Tian Minze and Yu Lijun were already seated and waiting for him.

The two of them didn't say much and started playing chess directly.

Today, Gao Yongxia had an advantage in the early stage, but the weird chess shape in the lower right corner directly became a failure and a turning point in the game.

Gao Yongxia only lost half the game. If he had not made any mistakes here, he might have won the half game.

Tian Minze only stopped here for a moment to analyze, but then talked about the other two turnaround points he thought of.

If Alpha Dog was mysterious before, with today's game of chess, Tian Minze and others at least have a research target.

Today's AlphaGo seems to be able to make people see many flaws. With the AI ​​2.0 in Tian Minze's hands, almost all the flaws have disappeared, and his grasp of chess shapes is also sharper.

The flaws that Tian Minze talked about are two of them that obviously have computer implications. In other words, they are ordinary moves.

"Yongxia 9th Dan, I think you can try the Waiting Spoon flow, where White waits for the Spoon to accumulate strength in the middle game and force the opponent to make mistakes. I don't believe it is unsolvable."

Gao Yongxia nodded and accepted Tian Minze's suggestion.

Today the two chatted until late at night again. Tian Min was more interested in helping Gao Yongxia relax quickly. Pre-battle arrangements were often not helpful, so he was more interested in helping Gao Yongxia regain his confidence.

It was obvious that Gao Yongxia calmed down.

If in the first game, both sides were still testing, then in the second game, the bayonets definitely saw red.

Gao Yongxia no longer had that kind of nervousness and confusion. He seemed to have adapted to the chess player opposite him. The two of them were having a conversation across the air. This was an exchange of ideas.

Although the chess player opposite has no thoughts, we can still feel his pulse.

Gao Yongxia already had some understanding in his heart.