AlphaGo
In 2015, AlphaGo became the first piece of computer software to defeat a professional Go player, Lee Sedol, on a 19x19 board. The breakthrough was documented and released as a documentary movie. The impact of the victory over Lee Sedol was so great that the Korea Baduk Association granted an honorary 9-dan certificate, which essentially means a Go player whose skill of the game borders on divinity. This was the first time ever in the history of Go that an honorary 9-dan certificate had been provided, so the certificate that was provided to AlphaGo was numbered 001. Its ELO rating then was 3,739.
The successor to AlphaGo – the AlphaGo Master – later defeated the then reigning world champion of the game, Ke Jie, in a three-match game. ...
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