Chess Soul: Buy the Shijia chessboard at the beginning

Google's Go artificial intelligence AlphaGo will once again play against human players, and this news quickly grabbed the headlines of major media.

This time the two sides are scheduled to start the battle on December 2017, 12, exactly one year apart from the first battle. The competition lasts for 15 days and has a total prize of 15 million US dollars, of which the Chinese Chess Academy is responsible for raising 300 million US dollars, while Google also provides 150 million US dollars. USD as host.

The competition will be divided into three categories.

Tian Min, as a human chess player, played five rounds of chess with Alpha Dog. The competition format was a slow chess match, with each side taking 3 hours and keeping three 3-minute countdowns.

In addition, a team human-machine competition will be held. A team of human chess players will be formed by Fang Xu 9th Dan, Yu Liang 9th Dan, Shiguang 3rd Dan, Tong Xuanmo 9th Dan, and Liu Xinghao 9th Dan, and will join forces to challenge AlphaGo.

In terms of bonuses, individual Sai Tian Toshi's game fee is 30 U.S. dollars. If he wins a game, he will receive 40 U.S. dollars. The team competition fee is US$10 per person, and the winner will receive an additional US$20.

The AlphaGo team announced that it will launch an AI 2.0 product. If AlphaGo wins all the games, it will directly take away all winning bonuses, totaling 220 million US dollars.

This time is the highest game fee in the history of Go.

The AlphaGo team explained the characteristics of this AI2.0 version. AI1.0 imitates the game played by human chess players and learns from human chess players. The biggest difference of AI2.0 is that it has established the logic of Go by playing against itself from the beginning.

Once announced, countless chess fans expressed concerns and expectations.

Tian Minze suddenly became the last hope for human chess players.

In the past, experts predicted that it would take ten years for artificial intelligence to defeat human professional players.

But after the first human-machine battle, AlphaGo relied on its "creative and witty" moves to become the highest professional title in the Go world, the professional nine-dan rank, becoming the first non-human chess player in history to win this honor. .

Professional chess player Gao Yongxia also commented on his opponent AlphaGo. He believes that AlphaGo’s strongest point is not reflected in a specific chess move or a local change, but in every chess game. The unique perspective displayed.

This overall view is the main reason for your own failure.

At the same time, some reporters asked Gao Yongxia to evaluate whether Tian Minze had a chance to win the human-machine battle. Gao Yongxia said dissatisfiedly, "I think Tian Minze is roughly at the same level as me. His chance of winning is less than 100%." Ten times, I don’t think highly of him.”

After a period of rest, Gao Yongxia felt that he was good again.

As a Chinese chess player, Hong He was the first to stand up and express his different views, "You must know that Gao Yongxia has never beaten Tian Minze in recent years. The two are simply not chess players of the same level. Gao Yongxia cannot win, he cannot If he can win the game, Tian Min can tell him how to win."

After the battle with Alpha Dog, Gao Yongxia voluntarily quit Tian Minze's research group, which also made many members of the group feel very unhappy.

Tian Minze was there before, and the two of them had a good relationship, so it was hard for everyone to say anything.

Now it is obvious that the relationship between the two people is not good, so naturally many people came forward to confront each other.

Tian Min published his declaration of preparations on social media:

"In fact, I have said this idea to my friends and family many times in private. The current AI progress is far faster than we imagined. I believe that the future belongs to artificial intelligence."

"But I am still willing to agree to a battle with artificial intelligence. This is not overestimation of one's capabilities, nor is it Quixote-like courage, but the responsibility and responsibility of a Go player."

"For AlphaGo, it has always been a cold machine. Compared with humans, I can't feel its enthusiasm and love for Go. For it, its enthusiasm is just that the CPU is running too fast. It’s just a fever.”

"I will use all my enthusiasm to fight it in the final showdown. No matter how powerful the opponent is, I will never retreat!"

"But at the same time, I also promise that this will be the last showdown between me and AI. In the future, I hope that the Go community can form a consensus to resist and avoid duels between human players and AI."

“When it comes to speed, the fastest 100-meter runner can’t beat a sports car.”

“When it comes to physical strength, the best marathon runner is no match for a machine.”

“When it comes to strength, the strongest weightlifter doesn’t have the power of a hydraulic press.”

"But our Olympic movement is still valuable and meaningful, and the same goes for Go. There is no need to compare with machines. We must stick to our own path of Go. I also hope that every chess player can use Go AI to improve their chess skills. Looking forward to an era when each of us will improve by two levels.”

"I will start preparing from today. I believe I have the strength to fight."

A small paper by Tian Minze also caused an uproar. After all, it was a table-topping statement. The Chinese Chess Academy has obviously been prepared in advance and announced that this will be the last human-machine confrontation project of the Chinese Chess Academy and will not hold similar projects in the future.

At the same time, in official competitions, the screening of cheating by chess players using high-tech procedures will be further strengthened, and players will not be allowed to use high-tech means to cheat, which will affect the progress of the competition.

After the Chinese Chess Academy issued the initiative, the Taipei Chess Academy subsequently responded and announced similar requirements. Later, the Japanese Chess Academy also followed up. It can be said that except for the Korean Chess Academy, everyone has reached an agreement to avoid the impact of AI on an ancient sport like Go as much as possible and safeguard the interests of Go itself.

After all, I have never heard of marathon runners competing against cars, boxers boxing with robots, and football is not allowed to hire robot athletes.

Therefore, such a protective policy for Go is a necessary action for the development of Go.

Under the pressure of such public opinion, AlphaGo's team expressed some helplessness, but also stated that they would not compete with human chess players in the future and would try to avoid any impact on professional competitions.

The AlphaGo team naturally feels that they are the symbol of the progress of human civilization. They feel that Go players represented by Tian Minze are old-school and unwilling to accept new things and changes.

But for chess players who engage in this sport, it is natural to maintain the appeal of the sport.

Whether it is possible for Go, the most charming chess sport, to maintain dignity and face, all the pressure is on Tian Minze, so Tian Minze claims that he will start preparing from today, which is not a lie.

That night, Tian Min opened his wine cabinet, took out a bottle of his favorite sweet fruit wine, drank a small glass, then lay in bed early, turned on the AI ​​chess function, and started the first game with AI 2.0 times contest.

In less than a year, defeating AI2.0 is a must.