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SEOUL, South Korea — Google’s computer program AlphaGo defeated its human opponent, South Korean Go champion Lee Sedol, on Wednesday in the first face-off of a historic five-game match.
AlphaGo’s victory in the ancient Chinese board game is a breakthrough for artificial intelligence, showing the program developed by Google DeepMind has mastered one of the most creative and complex games ever devised.
Commentators said the match was close, with both AlphaGo and Lee making mistakes.
The result was unpredictable until near the end.
“I was very surprised because I did not think that I would lose the game,” said Lee, who has won 18 world championships.
