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

Chapter 441 Spreading the word throughout the land
"Yi Zheng to play against a Go-playing AI? A prize of ten million?! And that's after tax?! What?!"

In the national team's training room, the news of the match that suddenly topped the trending search list left the players looking at each other in surprise and disbelief.

Qi Ling was furious when he saw the number: "What the hell? This much money for beating up a stupid computer?! I can beat up the computer too! I can represent humanity in the fight too!"

Since his debut, he has fought in various competitions for many years, and the total amount of prize money he has won is far less than this amount; while Yi Zheng only needs to play one more game to easily pocket this ten million.

What's even more unacceptable is that their opponent is nothing more than artificial intelligence, which they see as "roadside weeds" and not worth taking seriously at all.

Isn't this tantamount to blatantly handing money to Yi Zheng? It's practically like finding the most obvious excuse to force this ten million on him!

And the gift was worth ten million!

Seeing Qi Ling's eyes reddened with jealousy, Miao Jun not only didn't try to comfort her, but instead fanned the flames with a grin, "What is your identity? Yi Zheng told us that he loves humans, not to mention that he is the world's number one."

Upon hearing this, Qi Ling immediately jumped up from his seat, slammed his hand on the table, and almost roared, "Does becoming the world's number one mean I can do whatever I want?"

"Who wants to be number one in the world?"

Hearing a voice suddenly come from the doorway, Qi Ling, who had been so aggressive, instantly shut up. Before he could finish speaking, he plopped back down. Then, his eyes darted around, and he immediately pretended nothing had happened and muttered loudly, "Who was it that was so arrogant as to say they wanted to be number one in the world? They had the guts to say it, but not the guts to stand up and say it!"

"That's right, I'm right here, everyone come and take the challenge!"

Yi Zheng has noticed recently that many people are no longer willing to play training games with him, and at most they are only willing to conduct related research with him.

After all, even in Go, not many people have such a peculiar fetish as to knowingly fight Yi Zheng to the death even though they know they can't win.

Yi Zheng had just finished giving a thumbs up with a smile when he looked at the group of people in the research lab who were staring intently at him. He guessed that they had already received the news.

However, Yi Zheng did not expect that Boss Zhang and his team would directly buy the top spot on the trending searches, and now everyone knows about it.

He chuckled and said in a relaxed tone, "Brothers, I'm about to start preparing for the battle against artificial intelligence. Do you guys have anything you want to say to me?"

"What nonsense! What's there to prepare for with a piece of lousy AI? I could do it myself."

Jiang Mobai felt a sour taste welling up in his mouth when he heard this. They had asked both of them to go during the last internal test, so why was Yi Zheng the only one this time?
This is discrimination! This is discrimination!

My appearance fee doesn't need to be that high. Just give me 100,000 yuan to fight against that level of artificial intelligence!

I used to call her "Sweetie" when we looked at the moon, but now that someone new has come along, I call her "Old Mrs. Cow."

The black and white world of Go is truly too cruel!

Yun Linglei, on the other hand, seemed quite calm. He shrugged and said with an air of having seen through everything, "Can't you all see it? Who is the sponsor of my and Yizheng's League A team? Isn't it Muyehu Company?"
They're currently promoting this AI product, and maybe they'll experiment with it in early childhood Go education, then have Yi Zheng help with advertising. They can also legitimately give Yi Zheng a bonus—basically, a disguised reward for winning the top league title last season.

Upon hearing this, Yi Zheng paused for a moment. He really wanted to tell Yun Linglei that Boss Zhang had already given him a sum of money privately, and it was in the name of a reward fund.

However, to prevent other team members from feeling resentful, Boss Zhang said not to tell anyone else; it's a secret between us.

Looking at his teammates who generally thought that artificial intelligence was nothing more than "roadside weeds" and didn't take it seriously at all, Yi Zheng couldn't help but remind them: "Don't underestimate this artificial intelligence. Its strength... might be stronger than yours."

These words immediately created an awkward atmosphere in the training room. The national team members exchanged glances, remaining silent for a moment—did they feel as if they had been insulted?

In the Go community, if you want to say someone plays poorly, the most common joke is: "You play like a computer."

Yi Zheng just seemed to be saying that what you downloaded is not even as good as a computer!
This is like saying to everyone, "I'm not targeting anyone in particular, but I'm saying that everyone here is trash!"

How could we tolerate this? What are we waiting for if we don't immediately flip the table and refute it?!

The group exchanged glances, but no one took the initiative to overturn the table; instead, they encouraged others to be the first to do so.

Seeing the disbelieving looks on the faces of the group, Yi Zheng sat down and took a bottle of mineral water from the side: "According to Boss Zhang, the self-evaluation of artificial intelligence has reached a score of 3,900, which is a level that no one has reached before."

Upon hearing this data, most people did not show any surprise; instead, they scoffed at it.

Our ratings are earned game by game, every single point is hard-earned. What's the point of this AI's self-evaluation?!
If you can say how many points you have without playing a game, then I'd say I have five thousand points!

With the news that Yi Zheng will be facing off against artificial intelligence next month trending on social media, many people are looking forward to it, and even many ordinary people are looking forward to seeing a clash of titans.

Most people, especially now with advanced science and technology and the popularity of science fiction novels and movies, have a strong positive view of artificial intelligence.

The idea of ​​artificial intelligence ruling the world has already been adapted into countless movies, TV series, and novels. Most ordinary people believe that artificial intelligence will definitely be a key area of ​​development in the future, or even a technological revolution.

Not to mention that there have been many cases of artificial intelligence challenging the world's best, such as the chess man vs. machine battle in the last century.

And everyone is also looking forward to seeing which kind of intelligence will become more powerful.

However, almost all Go professionals say that artificial intelligence cannot defeat humans in the field of Go. As the most complex game created by mankind, Go is impossible to conquer.

Especially when facing Yi Zheng, who is currently unrivaled in the chess world and almost no one can defeat him, artificial intelligence has no choice but to lose.

(End of this chapter)