Second AI-human Go match to be held in Russia

By 김영원

Published : July 7, 2016 - 17:04

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[THE INVESTOR] A Go match between an artificial intelligence program and a human player will be held for the second time in Russia later this month.

The National Institute for Mathematical Science, a state-run agency to promote the start-up and industrial mathematics sectors, said on July 7, Korean Go master Cho Hye-yeon and Japanese AI Go solution Zen will compete in a one-round match at the European Go Congress to be held on July 27 in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Go master Cho Hye-yeon (far right)

The AI program is considered the second most advanced Go program after AlphaGo, developed by US start-up DeepMind.

Hideki Kato, co-creator of Zen, reportedly said that its capability almost surpassed that of DeepMind’s.

The Japanese Go program won a competition in Japan in March after beating other programs including the one developed by Facebook.

In the first ever match between a human Go player and an AI program, Korean Go grandmaster Lee Se-dol was defeated by AlphaGo 1-4.

By Kim Young-won (wone0102@heraldcorp.com)

Second AI-human Go match to be held in Russia

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