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AlphaGo

  • 2017
  • 1h 30m
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7.8/10
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AlphaGo (2017)
With more board configurations than there are atoms in the universe, the ancient Chinese game of 'Go' has long been considered a grand challenge for artificial intelligence. On March 9, 2016, the worlds of Go and artificial intelligence collided in South Korea for an extraordinary best-of-five-game competition, coined The Google DeepMind Challenge Match. Hundreds of millions of people around the world watched as a legendary Go master took on an unproven AI challenger for the first time in history.
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Google's DeepMind has developed a program for playing the 3000 year old game Go using AI. They test AlphaGo on the European champion, then March 9-15, 2016, on the top player, Lee Sedol, in ... Read allGoogle's DeepMind has developed a program for playing the 3000 year old game Go using AI. They test AlphaGo on the European champion, then March 9-15, 2016, on the top player, Lee Sedol, in a best of 5 tournament in Seoul.Google's DeepMind has developed a program for playing the 3000 year old game Go using AI. They test AlphaGo on the European champion, then March 9-15, 2016, on the top player, Lee Sedol, in a best of 5 tournament in Seoul.

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    • Greg Kohs
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    • Ioannis Antonoglou
    • Lucas Baker
    • Nick Bostrom
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    • Director
      • Greg Kohs
    • Stars
      • Ioannis Antonoglou
      • Lucas Baker
      • Nick Bostrom
    • 33User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 3 nominations total

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    9scottschnorr

    What a surprise!

    What an amazing day well done film! I recently watched another file, The Surrounding Game about the game of Go and was not sure if I wanted watch another film base on the game. This film was much more than just about a man playing a machine in a board game. What happened was history-making and to have witnessed it unfold in the way that the film presented it was remarkable. At one point in the film, I was even holding back a few years. Very well done!
    9e_kacsandi

    Unexpectedly gripping

    I never played go and am not particularly interested in AI. I didn't expect this documentary to focus on the human implications of these events. Humanity being elevated to a new level by a self-learning machine. Very science-fictiony.
    7GeXYZ

    Beautiful story about AI

    PROS:
    • well juxtaposed machine and human brain challenge
    • great story with all key milestones: intro, climax, conclusion
    • good choice of characters and how are they presented


    CONS:
    • does not give more details into the Deepmind AlphaGo setup (e.g. how they improved)
    • would be curious to see/learn more about he
    • presenting better the team and how they work together as it is not one person game
    10ola-172-728948

    What does it mean to be human?

    This is an awesome movie about the creation of AlphaGo, the first program that managed to stand up to the best human players of the ancient game of Go. This came out of nowhere, a decade or two before it was expected, and took everyone with surprise. Watch how the players struggle with meeting opposition of a level they had never thought to meet, and the questions it gives rise to. The movie centers around matches that were widely reported in media the world over, so the outlines of the story may be known, but this is nevertheless a very exciting and gripping movie as we watch the story unfold from behind the scenes.
    9claire_smart

    A good look behind the scenes

    I followed the AlphaGo story back in 2016 and I remember thinking it was pretty cool, but I didn't really see the bigger picture at the time. This movie grips you from the very start and takes you behind the scenes of the tournament with Lee Sedol. But it also explains why AlphaGo is such a huge breakthrough, and why AI could one day help us solve some of the biggest problems in the world. I think a lot of people could see this as another man vs. machine story but I don't agree. What stood out for me was the beauty of man with machine and what we can achieve together.

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      Andrew Jackson: If DeepMind has figured out how to write code that doesn't have bugs, that is a bigger news story then AlphaGo.

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      • September 29, 2017 (United States)
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      • United States
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