Chapter 220: It’s time for the legend to end (First update of 4,000 words)

The Korean Chess Institute's five million won!

Li Shishi's three million dollars!

Is it really about money?

The year before last was the highest-earning year in Lee Se-sil's career, with an annual income of 1.4 billion Korean won.

How much is the equivalent of Mai Yuan?

It is equivalent to a little over one million Mai Yuan, and less than seven million Da Zhou coins.

But the prize money for the Jin Li Ten-Game Chess match alone is five million Da Zhou coins!

As for the Jin-Li Ten-Game Chess Tournament, they had to search for a scapegoat for a long time before they finally found a home textile company that sponsored a prize of 5 million Da Zhou coins, which made it possible.

After the ten-game match between Wu Qingyuan and Gao Chuange, there has not been another ten-game match in the Go world for sixty years. This time, the Da Zhou Go Academy was looking for sponsors to create a gimmick to suit the occasion, and came up with a Jin Li ten-game match. Jin Li, the leader of the previous generation of the Da Zhou Go world, will face Lee Se-sil, who has been ranked number one in the world for nearly ten years.

A ten-game chess tournament only happens once every sixty years, so the prize money is naturally a record-breaking one.

With this bonus, Li Shishi also had a comfortable and prosperous year.

The year before, he only earned 380 million Korean won.

It’s only equivalent to less than 300,000 Malaysian dollars...

For ordinary people, this amount of money is certainly not a small amount.

But Li Shishi was the world's number one at that time.

Three million dollars is basically equivalent to Li Shishi's total income in ten years.

Moreover, Li Shixian is obviously past his prime and is not young anymore. He may have to retire soon. The 3 million yuan is equivalent to giving him an extra pension. How could he not agree?

What happened to the great chess players? Great chess players also have to eat.

What's more, compared to AlphaGo, which held press conferences and published papers, Li Shishi had a greater favorable impression of Orange, which was just a flash in the pan on the Internet.

Like Gu Jie, he also played against Orange. After this game, he was basically able to confirm that Orange was an artificial intelligence.

And the mysterious sponsor who gave him 3 million dollars probably wanted this orange to fight on his behalf.

Apart from the mysterious Orange, he couldn't think of any other chess player who could defeat the terrifying AlphaGo.

Google sets the stage and Orange performs. This company is quite evil-minded.

This is an attempt to step on Google to get to the top.

However, these have nothing to do with me. I should adjust my mindset and make money to support my family.

He now has a beautiful wife and a lovely daughter. After all, he is no longer the 17-year-old boy, Lee Se-sil, 3rd Dan, who confronted the Korean Go Institute and refused to participate in the promotion tournament.

From now on, Go will probably be dominated by AI.

Li Shishi had anticipated this.

Although he only lost half a point today, he knew very well that this was not AlphaGo's strongest strength. Before the official game, AlphaGo should have calculated that it could win half a point. In the final stage, it was not greedy and adopted an extremely safe approach to firmly maintain the advantage of half a point.

In the final stages, he felt just like when he was facing Lee Chang-ho when he first debuted.

In this game, at the beginning, he had the opportunity to use Orange's new three-three pattern to establish an advantage.

The reason why he didn't use it was because he felt that Orange was most likely AI.

No matter how good AI chess is, it is not as good as human chess.

This is Lee Se-sil's dignity as a great chess player.

Human chess has warmth and character.

The grandeur of Masaaki Takemiya, the solidity and balance of Liu Weiping, the lightness and agility of Niu Xiaochun, the meticulousness and caution of Li Changhao, the variety of changes of Gu Jie, and he himself is the wolf hiding in the snow, forbearing for several hours just to reveal that fatal blow!

But in the future, none of this should be seen.

In order to win, everyone will use the same tactics, it’s just a matter of who learns to be more like AI.

Is this the kind of Go I’m pursuing?

No one can feel the wheel of time rolling over him more than Lee Se-sil, who was just defeated 2:0 by AlphaGo, running over his body, his face, and even the life goal he has been striving for for thirty years.

Go may not die, but I don’t like this kind of Go.

Perhaps, as my wife said, it is time to think about my future.

Today, human Go comes to an end; tomorrow, let me also open the curtain of Go in the AI ​​era!

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Orange is an artificial intelligence! ?

Gu Jie's words were like a stone that caused a thousand ripples, causing a huge uproar in the Great Zhou.

Serious big waves.

This huge wave is also spreading to Japan, Korea and Angmai through the pervasive Internet.

It even somewhat dampened Lee Se-sil's enthusiasm for exercising his right to "talk chess" in the third game. (Note 1)

"Gu Jie claims that the mysterious chess player Orange is also an AI. Is this true?"

"A mysterious source claims that Orange is indeed an artificial intelligence, and it's suspected to be a classified project that must be killed."

"Gu Jie is trying to save face. Losing a game of chess isn't shameful, but having bad chess character is!"

"Is Orange AI? Liu Weiping couldn't even say."

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Li Zeyong, president of Yicheng, stated: "We are unable to contact the chess player Ju Zi. We cannot confirm whether Ju Zi is an AI, but he has only lost one game to Gu Jie."

Suddenly, the word orange, like apple, quickly took on a meaning beyond just fruit for technology enthusiasts.

And Gu Jie was once again at the center of public opinion.

Gu Jie was young and full of energy. After a high-intensity confrontation with netizens on Weibo, he successfully got the Da Zhou Chess Academy to issue a gag order against him.

In response to this, Gu Jie reluctantly posted an emoji of a person with a zipper on his mouth on Weibo.

…

"Demi, are you okay with the game this afternoon?" The bearded Larry Page and Sergey Brin are no longer the youthful and shy youngsters they were when they first started their business more than a decade ago. (Note 2)

The place you live in changes your energy and the food you eat changes your body. These two young men who once started their business in a garage, after more than ten years of wealthy life, have gained something called aura.

Hassabis was relaxed: "At the moment, AlphaGo is capable of handling all the chess players on the planet. My concern now is whether a victory in tomorrow's match will trigger public concern about AI."

"So, for the fourth game, I plan to use the version from a few days ago to let AlphaGo show some weaknesses. If necessary, I can hint to the opponent where AlphaGo's weaknesses are." Hassabis said his thoughts calmly.

Even a peerless genius can only maintain his dignity by appearing neither humble nor arrogant in front of the world's most powerful people.

Sergey Brin scratched his messy hair. These days, he, Schmidt and Larry Page had been partying every night. The Koreans were so hospitable and knew how to have fun.

"I like this idea, hahaha. The public is stupid. Sometimes giving them a little comfort can reduce their fear of AI." Sergey Brin shrugged. "I'll also attend the post-game press conference tonight. Please prepare well. Larry, do you want to go to the lounge for a drink?"

After that, Sergey Brin and Larry Page walked out of the temporary control room as if no one was around.

At this moment, Fan Hui, who had been staring at his phone, called out to Hassabis: "Demi, you should come and see this."

Hassabis walked up to Fan Hui and saw a chess game record on the computer in front of Fan Hui.

"What is this? Whose chess record is this? Why should I look at this?" Hassabis was a little confused.

Fan Hui pushed his glasses up. "This was a game between Gu Jie and an online chess player named Orange two months ago. They played two games, and Gu Jie lost both. This is the second one."

Gu Jie lost?

Of course, Hassabis knew who Gu Jie was. They had previously considered challenging Gu Jie, who was ranked first and had just won three world championships. However, because the relationship between Da Zhou and Gu Gou was complicated and there were many difficult issues to deal with, they chose Li Shishi, who was basically at the same level as Gu Jie.

Two months ago, that was the time when Gu Jie was in the best condition, but he actually lost both games?

"Is Orange a professional chess player?" Hassabis was also a little curious.

Fan Hui shook his head. "I asked you to come over and take a look because no one knows who Ju Zi really is. It's impossible to tell from his chess style. And just now, while commentating on the match between AlphaGo and Lee Se-sil, Gu Jie suddenly said he thought Ju Zi was also an AI."

Is Orange also artificial intelligence?

How is this possible?

Currently, the only team in the world that can barely compete with DeepMind in academic competition is a team under Feisibubu, and that team has not even solved the problem of imitating chess at this stage, let alone defeating top chess players.

How could there be an artificial intelligence that is stronger than Gu Jie in chess?

"What do you think?" Hassabis still believed in Fan Hui's professional qualities as a professional chess player.

Fan Hui's eyebrows and eyes were squeezed together. "This game of chess is very strange. Gu Jie's performance is not bad. Although I haven't fully studied some of his moves, they should be brilliant."

"But there are many moves in Orange's game that I don't quite understand. This is the same feeling I had when I first played against AlphaGo."

"We might need to use AlphaGo to analyze this game."

Huang Shijie, who was sitting in front of his computer a meter away, frowned. "I just had AlphaGo analyze it, and the results are out."

"On the 16th move, AlphaGo determined that the probability of a human playing this move was less than one in 10,000. On the 20th move, it was less than one in 1,300, and on the 72nd move, it was also less than one in 10,000."

"In other words, in the chess games that AlphaGo was trained on, these three moves have never existed in history."

"From this point of view, Orange does have some characteristics of artificial intelligence, but it cannot be confirmed 100% yet."

Never existed in history?

Hassabis' heart skipped a beat.

"Then can AlphaGo beat Orange?" Fan Hui asked curiously. He was not from DeepMind, but just a specially hired tester. His contract only lasted until the end of this game, so naturally he was not under that much pressure.

"I don't know." Dr. Huang shook his head. "This is just a chess game. I can't predict how Orange will react to different situations, so I can't judge his strength."

Hearing Huang Shijie's words, Hassabis couldn't help but frown.

"No matter what, let's win the afternoon game first." Hassabis took a deep breath.

As long as AlphaGo wins one more game against Lee Se-sil this afternoon, it will be the world's first artificial intelligence to truly defeat a top human chess player in a public game!

Regardless of whether this orange is a human or artificial intelligence, DeepMind is now only one step away from reaching the top of the world. Others have no chance of catching up!

"I can't believe Korea is such a fun place. Xu said there's something else going on tonight..."

"Sergey, actually, when that woman climbed up here yesterday, I did feel a little disgusted. I never thought these Korean women would actually..."

Larry Page and Sergey Brin were chatting and laughing in the elevator about the horizons that the tycoons had broadened their horizons, without any hesitation about the four bodyguards around them.

As the elevator door opened, Page passed by Brin and two young men who were about to get in.

Are they a young couple? The guy is really tall. Asians are really getting taller these days. That young girl seems even hotter than those girl groups I saw last night...

Sergey Brin was attracted by Shen Shuyao's swaying and plump back. He couldn't help but look at her twice and even whistled involuntarily.

If it weren't for the dissolute playboy lifestyle that made Sergey Brin so addicted to it these past few days, and made him think that all Asian women were xx, he would never have behaved in such a frivolous manner.

"Larry Page? Sergey Brin?" The tall and strong Asian man entered the elevator, suddenly grabbed the elevator door with his hands to prevent it from closing, and raised his eyebrows at the two of them.

The four bodyguards were obviously nervous and put their hands into their arms.

They felt a strong sense of danger from this strong young man.

Goryeo also bans guns, but that doesn't mean they don't have lethal weapons other than guns.

"Yes, if you want an autograph, maybe next time." Sergey Brin turned around and shrugged.

Just a moment ago, he also felt an extremely strong aura coming from the other party, which made him feel a little guilty.

It was like he was suddenly back in high school, as a homebody facing off against the wing of the school football team.

Damn Wright, yes, that’s the name, winger Wright.

"Being able to defeat Lee Se-sil, AlphaGo is indeed very strong, and Google is indeed a legendary company."

"Thank you." Larry Page pulled Sergey Brin and ignored Fang Yu.

"What I mean is that the legend should come to an end." Fang Yu showed two rows of white teeth, smiled, and plagiarized Gu Jie's famous saying.

"I hope you can still be in a good mood tonight."

The elevator doors slowly closed, and Larry Page and Sergey Brin looked at each other.

Is the legend coming to an end?

It's really incomprehensible!

What strange Koreans.

But the English he speaks is very standard.

There are still two hours before the third game begins. Let’s go to the lounge for a drink first. It seems that we are going to the LG chairman’s villa tonight. I wonder what the arrangements are.

Sergey Brin and Larry Page had a quick bite to eat in the executive lounge, chatted for a while, and then took the elevator back to the control room on the sixth floor.

"Li Shishi has arrived. There are two seats across from each other today? Oh, right, Xiangtanqi. Who is Li Shishi's partner?"

"It's not clear yet, but no matter who it is, AlphaGo will not lose to human chess players. Now AlphaGo's chess skills are enough to defeat all human chess players when giving the first move. This gap cannot be made up by the number of people." Demis Hassabis calmly pointed at the rows of screens and explained to Sergey Brin and Larry Page.

"The representative of the other party is here. Haha, have you noticed that this person and Huang are like twin brothers, hahaha. Sorry, I don't mean to disrespect Huang. I really can't tell the difference between Asian people's appearances." Sergey Brin laughed.

"He seems more like a Silicon Valley programmer than a chess player, hahaha."

"Looks a little familiar?" David Silva touched his chin.

At this moment, the chess player who looked like a programmer whispered a few words to Li Shishi. Li Shishi nodded, picked up a black piece from the chess box, and with a snap, placed it on the three-three position above the chessboard!

Note 1: Xiangtanqi refers to the game in which teams can discuss with each other during the game. In the earliest Tianyuan battle between Wu Qingyuan and Honinbo Shusai, Honinbo actually used Xiangtanqi to deal with Wu Qingyuan. At that time, the game lasted for a full three months. Honinbo Shusai frequently asked for the game to be closed. After closing the game, he took it back for his disciples to study. Finally, all the members of Honinbo's school worked together and came up with a brilliant move, which turned defeat into victory and won Wu Qingyuan by two points.

However, within the four-hour time limit of modern Go games, talking chess doesn't actually increase the chances of winning. On the contrary, each person's thinking is different, which can easily lead to interference. For example, after Ke Jie's match against AlphaGo, the Go Association organized a talking chess match between top players and AlphaGo, resulting in a crushing defeat.

Note 2: Paying tribute to my old book.

(End of this chapter)