It’s been 10 years since Go champion Lee Sedol lost to DeepMind’s AlphaGo.
It didn’t just beat Lee, but did so with an almost human-like aptitude. The series ended with Google DeepMind’s AlphaGo system winning 4-1 with Lee “in shock”.
Marvelling at AI is a commonplace experience with the success of large language models like ChatGPT. AlphaGo was, in many ways, our first glimpse at what was to come. Ten years on, what is the legacy of AlphaGo and has the technology lived up to its potential?
Learn more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2518450-the-moment-that-kicked-off-the-ai-revolution/
