Soul of Chess: Buy the chessboard from Shi Guangjia at the beginning of the game

Chapter 227 I will start preparing for round 226 from today

Google's Go artificial intelligence AlphaGo will play against human players again, and this news quickly grabs the headlines of major media.

This time, the two sides are scheduled to fight on December 2017, 12, just one year after the first match. The competition will last for 15 days, with a total prize of 15 million US dollars, of which the Chinese Chess Academy will be responsible for raising 300 million US dollars, and Google will also provide 150 million US dollars. USD as the main undertaker.

The competition will be divided into three groups.

Tian Min, as a human chess player, played Wufan chess with AlphaGo. The competition system is a slow chess game. Both sides have 3 hours each, and 3 countdowns of 1 minute are reserved.

In addition, a team human-computer competition will be held. Fang Xu's [-]th dan, Yu Liang's [-]th dan, Shi Shi's [-]rd dan, Tong Xuanmo's [-]th dan, and Liu Xinghao's [-]th dan will form a team of human chess players to jointly challenge AlphaGo.

In terms of prize money, Tian Min in the individual competition will pay 30 US dollars for the game, and if he wins a game, he will get 40 US dollars.The team game fee is 10 US dollars per person, and the winner will receive an additional 20 US dollars.

The AlphaGo team announced that it will come up with AI2.0 products. If AlphaGo wins all the games, it will directly take away all the winning prizes, totaling 220 million US dollars.

This time is the highest game fee ever in the field of Go.

The AlphaGo team explained the characteristics of this AI2.0 version. AI1.0 is to imitate the game of human chess players and learn from human chess players.The biggest difference of AI2.0 is that it builds the logic of Go by playing against itself from the very beginning.

Once announced, countless chess fans expressed concerns and expectations.

Tian Min became the last hope of human chess players for a while.

In the past, some experts predicted that it would take ten years for artificial intelligence to beat human professional players.

But after the first human-machine battle, AlphaGo became the first non-human chess player in history to win this honor by virtue of its "creative and witty" method of playing. .

Professional chess player Gao Yongxia also commented on his opponent AlphaGo. He believes that the strongest part of AlphaGo is not reflected in a specific move or a certain local change, but in every game. The unique perspective presented.

This big picture view is what sets you up for failure.

At the same time, a reporter asked Gao Yongxia to comment on whether Tian Minze had a chance to win the man-machine battle. Gao Yongxia said dissatisfiedly, "I think Tian Minze is about the same level as me, and his chance of winning is less than [-]%. Out of ten, I don't like him."

After a period of rest, Gao Yongxia felt that he was doing well again.

As a Chinese chess player, Hong He was the first to stand up and express a different opinion, "You must know that Gao Yongxia has never defeated Tian Minze in recent years. The two of them are not at the same level. Gao Yongxia can't win, he can't win." Tian Min can tell him how to win the game."

After the battle with AlphaGo, Gao Yongxia voluntarily withdrew from Tian Minze's research group, which also made many members of the group feel very uncomfortable.

In the past, Tian Min was still there, and the relationship between the two was good, so it was difficult for everyone to say anything.

Now it is obvious that the relationship between the two is not very good, so naturally many people stand up and face each other.

Tian Min published his own war preparation declaration on social media:

"In fact, I have shared this idea with my friends and family many times in private. The current AI progress is far faster than our imagination. I believe that the future belongs to artificial intelligence."

"But I am still willing to agree to a battle with artificial intelligence. This is not overreaching, nor is it the courage of Don Quixote, but the responsibility and responsibility of a Go player."

"For AlphaGo, it is always a cold machine. Compared with humans, I can't feel its enthusiasm and love for Go. For it, its enthusiasm is just that the CPU runs too fast. It's just a fever."

"I will use all my enthusiasm to make a final confrontation with it, and I will never back down no matter how powerful my opponent is!"

"But at the same time, I also guarantee that this will be my last duel with AI. In the future, I hope that the Go world can form a consensus to resist and avoid the duel between human players and AI."

"When it comes to speed, the fastest [-]-meter athlete can't compare to a sports car."

"When it comes to physical strength, the best marathon runners are no match for machines."

"When it comes to strength, the strongest lifters don't have the strength of a hydraulic machine."

"But our Olympic movement is still valuable and meaningful, and Go is the same. There is no need to compare with machines. We must stick to our own way of Go. I also hope that every player can use Go AI to improve their chess skills. Looking forward to the era when each of us can advance two stages."

"I will start preparing from today, I believe I have the strength to fight."

A small paper by Tian Minze also caused an uproar, after all, it was a statement that directly turned the table.The Chinese Chess Academy has obviously made preparations in advance, and announced that this will be the last human-machine confrontation project of the Chinese Chess Academy, and will not hold similar projects in the future.

At the same time, in the official competition, the screening of chess players using high-tech programs to cheat will be further strengthened, and chess players are not allowed to use high-tech means to cheat, which will affect the progress of the game.

After the Chinese Chess Academy issued an initiative, the Taipei Chess Academy subsequently responded by announcing similar requirements.Afterwards, the Japanese Chess Institute also followed up. It can be said that except for the Korean Kiss Academy, everyone has reached an agreement to avoid the influence of AI on such an ancient game as Go as much as possible, and to safeguard the interests of Go itself.

After all, I have never heard of marathon runners running to compete with cars, no boxers boxing with robots, and football is not allowed to hire robot athletes.

Therefore, such a protective policy of Go is a necessary action for the development of Go.

Under the pressure of such public opinion, AlphaGo's team expressed some helplessness, but at the same time, it also stated that it will not make appointments with human chess players in the future, and try to avoid the impact on professional games as much as possible.

The AlphaGo team naturally feels that they are the symbol of the progress of human civilization, and feel that the Go players represented by Tian Minze are all conservatives, unwilling to accept new things and changes.

But for chess players who engage in this sport, it is natural to maintain the attractiveness of this sport.

Tian Minze is under all the pressure to protect the dignity and face of Go, the most charming chess game, so Tian Minze claims that he will start preparing from today, which is not a lie.

That night, Tian Min opened his wine cabinet, took out a bottle of his favorite sweet fruit wine, drank a small glass, and then lay on the bed early, turned on the AI ​​game function, and started the first game with AI2.0. bout.

In less than a year, beating AI 2.0 is a must.

(End of this chapter)