Go champion of the world wants a piece of Google's DeepMind AI - Android Authority

Earlier this year, Google's DeepMind hopped a massive artificial intelligence hurdle when it ousted Lee Sedol, a 9-dan Go player. This was significant because Go has long been upheld as a distinctly human game. There are far more possible games that can be played on a 19 19 Go board than there are atoms in the known universe, and this has proven to be a particular challenge for non-human competitors. For years, even a mid-range Go player could trample the most sophisticated Go-playing programs, so AlphaGo's victory was a pretty big deal. However, although Lee Sedol is a grandmaster, he is not the world's top Go player.