GO champ Ke Jie talks about his match with Google's AI

The future belongs to artificial intelligence (AI), said the Chinese Go prodigy Ke Jie after he was defeated by the Google-owned AlphaGo computer program.

The world's number one Go player gave an exclusive interview to CGTN on Sunday, a day after his defeat in the town of Wuzhen, east China's Zhejiang Province.

[raymondge]

At 2:01 Ke Jie says "他实在太狠了“ which the channel translates to "AI is really Awesome", but in actuality, it means "The AI is way too brutal."

Just something to think about.

[Ohmriginal]

Lee Sedol was Garry Kasparov battling Deep Blue and Ke Jie is Magnus Carlson messing around in Stockfish knowing there's no hope.

[giusgra]

it's so weird to consider how he looks like the chinese version of Magnus Carlsen..

[ThatJourney]

"Ill leave 'him' to the task of exploring the universe...." My god it's happening already.

[rangerroe]

Beautiful analogy about the universe and the pond

[kimshakhov]

These are the words that make you think

[gabrielgonzales]

Actually, Lee Sedol beat the AI just once. To be fair, though, the program may not have been as polished as it was when it played against Ke Jie.

[Yewbzee]

They have now created a new AI called AlphaGo Zero which beat the previous AlphaGo by something like 150 games to zero. Not only that it actually taught itself to play from first principles without any human teaching or intervention.

[claudiaaaa]

Fun fact: Ke Jie has a dog named Alpha, and the word "dog" in Chinese is pernounced "Gou", so it's a "Alpha Gou"

[ublr]

He is one of the most talent Go player in the world. He is young, He could dominate Go for years. I feel bad for him.

[Aramis]

(I think) I can understand the sentiment of Ke Jie and Lee Sedol after having lost to AI. In particular Lee Sedol was going in very sure of himself and Alpha Go beat him easily (minus one game), and he was visibly shaken by the defeat. Not only it was a personal loss, but he was effectively representing humanity on the table. After the loss, it would be very natural to think of yourself (Lee), or of all humanity for that matter, as a complete failure, being beaten by computer program barely a decade old. But this is so far from the truth. Computers will from now be the undisputed kings of Go (or any intellectual game for that matter), but that doesnt diminish one bit the worth and intellect of human. Will we have human-machines matches in the future? Unlikely . Where's the fun of watching a snail competing against an F1 car or a pigeon against a F18? None. However machines can teach us new and innovative ways of playing the game that humans would have never thought of, and that's something that we'd all benefit from. Machines will enhance our game, not so that we can beat them, but that we play a more enjoyable game against ourselves. Go is a game, and as such its meant to challenge you and provide enjoyment (or despair...depending on which side you are on). Its not a life or death matter and humans will continue to play it even if a machine can easily beat us up.
Let machines be machines, let humans be humans.

[retryhikaru]

"I really regret not losing brilliantly"

[Bea_remembrance]

Most ominous and prophetic interview on YouTube

[jackcarpenters]

Anyone noticing Ke Jie has same facial features and manners as Magnus Carlson.

[michaelpace]

Damn, that AI ruined this guy's self-image

[bruceli]

I hear there's going to be rematch.
Alphago vs Ke Jie 2020?

[maqboolfida]

This is the fate of the world champion in Go...then imagine the fate of mere mortals like you and me!

[derek]

Something about the reactions of the top go players to having been beaten makes me, as a human, feel deeply uneasy. I also don't like the fact that all of these powerful AIs are mostly in the hands of enormous corporations run by billionaires. What happens when AIs can create art, music, literature, science, philosophy, programming and mathematics better than any human?

[dannygjk]

The version that beat Ke Jie is weak compared to the AlphaGo Zero version. Let that sink in.

[GingerWildcat]

Looks a bit like our current Chess champion don't he? Lol