The match sent a shock wave around the world. AlphaGo, an artificial intelligence program developed by Britain-based Google DeepMind, defeated a top Go player. The Go board is larger than those used for chess and shogi, and many believed AI programs would defeat humans 10 years from now at the earliest. Remarkable technological development demonstrated ability in a field requiring a "wide perspective" to read situations every time a move was made. This is the third AI boom since the end of World War II. In the last two, AI programs could not do anything unless they were taught "knowledge" and "ways of thinking" by humans.

There is growing expectation that in the near future, intelligence far beyond human understanding will produce new technologies by using knowledge and information around the globe to drastically change the world. By making excellent use of nanotechnology, the intelligence will cure any disease or injury, and also resolve environmental problems. If it were to bare its fangs at humans, it would become a threat that we could not compete with. The 2014 film "Transcendence" depicts a world in which AI is highly developed. Many countries have spent an enormous amount of money to take the lead in the field, and global "artificial intelligentization" is arriving at the point of no return. If this happens, we should choose a path of coexistence.