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

Chapter 406 Humanity's Utter Defeat

"As expected."

Seeing the AI ​​almost falling apart after being beaten by Yi Zheng, Jiang Mobai was not surprised at all, and he didn't even see any signs of a substitute player.

After all, if you put a professional beginner against the world's number one or an AI in a fair match, there's almost no difference; it's a completely one-sided game.

Therefore, in terms of content quality, you can't tell how skilled the expert is at all; you can only tell how unskilled the opponent is.

However, this one-sided situation was exactly what Jiang Mobai had initially expected. In other words, in his eyes, this artificial intelligence was an easy target to defeat.

"Let's test Jiang Jiuduan too."

Upon hearing Boss Zhang's invitation, Jiang Mobai nodded. After all, the other party had already paid him, so he might as well consider it a lesson in chess. It wasn't like he hadn't played a lesson in chess with the boss before.

Yi Zheng is clearly too green and has no experience "playing" with the boss. He was ruthless when he made his move just now.

Although this machine does not belong to the boss, it is clearly a masterpiece that the boss has put a lot of effort into making. If you just use such a devastating method to quickly achieve a great victory without saying a word, wouldn't the boss feel that all the money he invested has gone down the drain without even making a sound?
You've made your boss lose face so badly, you deserve to have your bonus docked next year.

Playing chess with your boss requires strategy and tactics! It's not that you can't win, but you have to win in a planned way, win slowly, win steadily and systematically, win early to lead to more wins, and ultimately perfectly achieve the core goal and profound significance of this game of chess.

Thinking of this, Jiang Mobai couldn't help but turn his head and glance at Yi Zheng, while giving him a meaningful look: Kid, open your eyes and watch carefully. Today I'll show you what the real art of playing chess with the boss really is!
Yi Zheng was still lost in thought about how Ke Lao had kicked the AI ​​to the side of the road, and couldn't help but mutter, "This AI's strength is probably only around professional level two."

Mr. Zhang nodded in agreement, saying, "This is about what we predicted. We had previously invited a professional player to play against them, and the professional player lost a few games. Afterwards, he reported that the AI ​​already had the skill of a professional."

“That’s actually quite good,” Jiang Mobai felt it was necessary to give Boss Zhang some encouraging praise at the right time. After all, what if he was discouraged by the performance of this Go AI and gave up his Go career?

"At least before this, most of the Go-playing computer games on the market could only reach an amateur level. Yours can reach a professional level, which is quite valuable for amateur enthusiasts and very useful."

Boss Zhang smiled at Jiang Mobai, who completely looked down on artificial intelligence, and didn't argue: "Jiang Jiuduan, why don't you give it a try first? This artificial intelligence has entered the development stage. I believe that with the help of your internal testing, it will soon reach a level that surpasses human strength."

Time will tell.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Mobai forcibly pinched his thigh to control his expression. Superhuman strength? This weakling?

Yi Zheng couldn't help but turn to look at Old Ke beside him. After jumping around and sending out a barrage of electric shocks after winning, Old Ke seemed to have finally returned to normal.

Although the two worlds are parallel, Yi Zheng felt that Ke Lao's world probably had a similar development process.

Looking at Yi Zheng's inquisitive expression, Old Ke shook his head: "Isn't this normal? You also went from amateur to professional and then to your current level. Artificial intelligence will definitely develop, evolving step by step."

The public release of artificial intelligence in our world went through several stages. The first was its initial announcement and a match against an ordinary professional player, in which it won all three or five matches.

However, at that time we didn't take it to heart. We thought he was at most at the level of an ordinary professional. When he challenged the world's number one, we thought he was just joking and inviting humiliation.

Unexpectedly, five months later, he defeated a senior player who, although in decline, still possessed the strength of a ninth-dan master, with a score of four to one. According to the company's public information, this version of the AI ​​had been updated to its eighteenth version, and in my judgment, it definitely had the strength to be around the world's number one.

I told others that I had a 60% chance of winning, but I wasn't that optimistic. However, I felt there was still hope of winning, and I was sure I would perform better than that senior.

But when I played against him, everything changed. Nine months later, a completely new version of artificial intelligence appeared on the internet... Its training methods were completely different from before, and its final level was also completely different.

His appearance shattered the illusions of all the human competitors, plunging everyone into a state of collective despair.

Sixty games, sixty to zero, defeating all the top human players. All the opportunities that humans thought were hopeful were either false or the opponents' arms were too tired and they misplaced their arms. A chasm has appeared between humans and artificial intelligence.

Without a doubt, I was crushed 0-3. It may seem like the game was decided by only half a point, but in reality, it was a chasm I could never cross.

Many people believe that Kosher's later defeat to artificial intelligence, losing 3-0, was a slap in the face, but in reality, the two versions are completely different.

Even long after the match against Little Li Flying Dagger, many top players thought that his strength was nothing special. Ke Lao's evaluation was even the highest (the strongest player I have ever seen).

Shen Zi, the future world number one, commented at the time that assuming AlphaGo still maintained its strength from March, he was confident it could win at least two of the next five games. He believed that Li's assessment of AlphaGo's strength was inaccurate, but as a result, he lost three games in a row and failed to demonstrate its full potential.

This is not only his opinion, but also the opinion of many others. They believe that Xiao Li did not prepare in advance, his skills declined due to age, and that the strength of artificial intelligence is not actually so great that it is despair-inducing.

But when the next version of artificial intelligence came along, everyone was in despair because everyone was defeated and convinced that they simply couldn't win.

But despair has not yet ended, and the tide of history has not yet reached its true end.

Months after humanity's utter defeat, a brand new version was published in the paper.

The most powerful version of AlphaGo, codenamed AlphaGoZero.

The team claims that after just three days of "self-learning," Alpha Zero achieved a 100-0 victory over the AlphaGo version that had previously defeated world champion Lee Sedol.

After playing against itself for 40 days, AlphaZero became even stronger, surpassing the "Master" version of AlphaGo that previously defeated Ke Jie, the world's number one Go player.

In the past, AlphaGo used a large number of classic human chess records during the "learning how to play chess" stage.

They were taught how skilled human players should respond in different situations. However, AlphaZero learned entirely from playing against itself, without using any human game records. It was truly "self-taught." Moreover, it started from scratch, learning from zero.

Therefore, he was not corrupted by any human influence, and he forged a completely new path, even directly negating the paths of countless humans.

As one world champion with thinning hair lamented: "After watching it, I don't know what to say. It really doesn't require our knowledge; we're holding it back."

Some world champions couldn't help but lament that twenty years of learning couldn't compare to three days. When it comes to AlphaGo's self-improvement... humans are completely superfluous.

(End of this chapter)