Go: Is the portable old man the nine-time champion?

Chapter 405 Puppies
"The wait is finally here!"

Old Ke let out a long sigh of relief, leaning back in complete relaxation. He then vigorously swept his hair back with both hands, his face displaying an expression of utter bliss and extreme comfort.

You'd think it was Shin-chan's mom who finally got better after months of constipation.

Sitting on the other side, Yi Zheng couldn't help but look over. Seeing the growing astonishment in Ke Lao's eyes, he thought, "Why is he getting more and more excited?"
Who would have thought that Old Ke would have such a strange fetish? He says he hates it, but his body actually craves it?

What kind of persona is this?
Tsundere? A little devil?

But I remember this thing was phased out a few years ago, wasn't it?

"When the testing starts later, I absolutely must be allowed to participate! I can't wait any longer!"

Lost in his excitement, Old Ke completely failed to notice Yi Zheng's strange gaze, which clearly seemed to be scrutinizing a pervert, and for the first time in his life, he asked to take over the operation.

Since Ke Lao appeared, he has never helped Yi Zheng play in any matches, because Yi Zheng himself does not need to. How can the game be played by someone else? Not to mention that if someone else plays for you in a serious match, it is no different from cheating, which is unacceptable to any normal player.

This time, however, Mr. Ke really couldn't hold back. He felt an intense urge to personally take charge and operate it.

This is just an internal test, not a competition, so it doesn't involve any fundamental issues, and Yi Zheng doesn't really care.

It just feels a little weird.

"Are you in such a hurry to be abused? Do you really have some strange fetish?"

Yi Zheng looked at Old Ke, who was constantly generating electricity beside him, and felt a little puzzled, after all, in Old Ke's long description...

Dogs have become somewhat like Cthulhu creatures: indescribable, unseen, unknowable, undefinable, unobservable, indescribable...

As I was talking, I started talking like a completely different creature...

It's just extremely perverted.

In short, according to Professor Ke, the terrifying level of those AI chess players reached such an extreme, abnormal, and inhuman level.

Even when Ke Lao was at his peak and was given a two-stone handicap, his win rate was sometimes hard to exceed 20%, and he would win at most one or two games out of ten.

What kind of terrible gap does this mean?

In reality, even someone who has just become a professional novice, facing the world's number one player with a two-stone handicap, might not have such an exaggeratedly low win rate.

You said Zhan Lao was beaten by a professional 9-dan player to the point of giving up three stones? If you're not in the same league, don't compete. Don't force your way into different circles.

It is precisely this enormous and unbelievable gap in strength that makes even a top player like Yi Zheng feel a strong sense of unreality when he hears about it, feeling that it is simply too outrageous.

Because for today's top professional players, almost everyone is quite clear that even if there were a Go god like that, he would absolutely not give me a two-stone handicap.

It is based on this understanding that AlphaGo, who previously forced everyone to give him a handicap, is considered by many to be the person closest to the God of Go.

However, since Yi Zheng had already defeated AlphaGo with a handicap, many top professionals believed that AlphaGo was able to defeat all the world's top five players with a handicap mainly because its playing style was more advanced and people couldn't adapt to it in a short time.

After a period of learning, many top players said that they still had a chance to win.

Although saying such things doesn't seem like a glorious thing.

Even now, Yi Zheng finds it hard to imagine anything that can match his skill level by two stones. Yi Zheng had also privately asked Master Ke where he would be placed in Master Ke's original timeline, given his current skill level.
Especially when facing the terrifying artificial intelligence of their world, how much of a chance do I have to win under the rule of being given a two-piece handicap?
According to Ke Lao, Yi Zheng's overall level is now a notch above Shen Zi's, but when it comes to artificial intelligence, Ke Lao feels that Yi Zheng only has a 30% chance of winning.

However, the AI ​​Jueyi of 2025 will be an even stronger version after many years of updates and iterations, and it will be stronger every year than the last, and it is still evolving.

Compared to the second-generation dogs that Ke Lao faced at the time, they were at least a level higher.

The harsh reality is that the gap between humans and artificial intelligence has not narrowed due to continuous human learning; on the contrary, it has widened.

Yi Zheng felt that what Ke Lao said was very unrealistic, but sometimes the more outrageous something is, the more realistic it is, because reality doesn't follow logic.

Therefore, he is also looking forward to seeing just how powerful this artificial intelligence is, and to confront the power of this artificial intelligence directly.

"I'm a little excited."

"What's the rush? Spending money on this stuff is a waste!"

Jiang Mobai looked at Yi Zheng, who seemed a little excited, and felt a bit confused. What was so exciting about fighting against a piece of junk?

Especially when Jiang Mobai heard how much money they had spent researching this artificial intelligence, and how much it cost per minute to run this artificial intelligence, Jiang Mobai felt like his brain was about to explode!
There are so many better places to spend this money! It could be enough to host countless commercial competitions!

The money was wasted on such a completely useless machine.

"I'll try."

Yi Zheng sat in his seat, nodded at Boss Zhang who was acting as the artificial intelligence's human arm, and then began to play chess according to Master Ke's instructions.

But as the game progressed and fewer hands were used, Yi Zheng sensed something was wrong.

What should I say...

It was indeed very unexpected.

Unexpected...

dish!
"The evaluation is that he is not as good as Boss Shi."

When Yi Zheng had played over a hundred moves, he was already shaking his head frantically. This artificial intelligence was almost dead, but it just wouldn't admit defeat.

Although Yi Zheng didn't play the game himself, but just watched Ke Lao and him as an observer, he could roughly judge the strength of this artificial intelligence.

It's around the early professional dan level, perhaps slightly stronger than the Go AI available on the market, but it's completely useless.

What the heck? I've been fooled by Mr. Ke?
This thing can be called invincible?! Or did Boss Zhang get scammed?
Looking at the disastrous situation on the chessboard, Mr. Zhang smiled awkwardly and then conceded defeat on behalf of the machine.

Upon seeing the other side admit defeat, Old Ke exclaimed in surprise, making it seem like Gian was facing Suneo.

"Finally! That feels good! It's a pity it's just a regular test. I've tried it before. When will this thing be updated to a new version? It would be much more satisfying to use it in an official competition."

"I couldn't win against the dog, tears streaming down my face; I regret not meeting you when I had my own cubs! Now I finally have a chance!"

(End of this chapter)