Hikaru no Go: I taught you Go, and you made the Kisei cry?

A crisis has suddenly emerged! His chess skills may already be comparable to those of professional players!

The Touya family.

The small residence in the Yingzhou style has a refined and elegant charm that calms the mind and soothes the soul.

As early autumn approaches, dragonflies land on bamboo tubes by the pond and drift off to sleep contentedly.

Inside the chess room, a surprised voice came from the old man.

"What? You mean the chess game that Mr. Su Yuan's child played with Xiao Liang?"

Ogata Seiji nodded: "The Meijin was there at the time, and he remembers this game very well!"

Beside him, Touya Kouhiro knelt in a Japanese-style posture, nodded, and personally served the old man a cup of tea from the tea table. His calm eyes were filled with respect for the old man.

"Yes, Mr. Kuwabara, I was right behind Akira at the time and saw this wonderful game."

"I still remember that skillful eye technique vividly."

Touya Kouyo remained calm and took a small sip of the fragrant tea.

"Is that so..."

Kuwamoto Honinbo, the most respected and renowned elder among contemporary Japanese Go players, seemed hardly to believe his ears:

"Unexpectedly, after Mr. Su Yuan, their family has produced another remarkable chess player!"

"It's truly lamentable... Despite our years of hard work in catching up with the mighty China, we still can't compete with China, with its splendid culture, in the competition for top talent."

Suddenly, it was as if something had occurred to me.

Kuwamoto Honinbo's face darkened, and he lowered his voice to the two people in front of him, saying, "I don't know if you've been following the news from the US lately... I heard that they seem to have finally developed that thing."

That guy?

Kouhiro Touya and Seiji Ogata exchanged a glance, and the next second, a look of seriousness appeared in their eyes simultaneously:

"Senior, are you talking about... artificial intelligence?"

Correct.

A rare look of sorrow appeared on Kuwahara Honinbo's weathered face: "It seems to be a machine called... AlphaGo!"

"I heard that in less than a week, all the registered chess players in Europe and America were swept away by this robot."

"Of the 693 professional Go players, not a single one could withstand its pressure for more than 100 moves."

AlphaGo...

Upon hearing this name, for the first time, a deep sense of doubt appeared in Touya Kouhiro's eyes, which were usually as calm as still water.

“Su Yuanjun… Three years ago, you warned me to be careful of artificial intelligence.”

"And now, that machine, just as you predicted, has indeed been named 'AlphaGo'..."

Is this just a coincidence, or was something predetermined?

"Why are you so certain that the emergence of AlphaGo will lead to the destruction of humanity?"

"And why is it that as long as you can defeat him on the path of chess, you can turn all this around?"

"Mr. Su Yuan... what exactly did you see three years ago...?"

As the topic was brought up by Kuwamoto Honinbo with the introduction of artificial intelligence, the three top Go players present fell into a long silence.

Touya Kouyo was puzzled, Kuwabara Honinbo was worried, and the youngest, Ogata Seiji.

In this regard.

His face was filled with curiosity and a sense of challenge.

He was eager to see if that powerful AI, which could sweep across the European and American chess world, could actually hold its own against top Asian chess players.

Just as the entire residence was completely silent.

Sudden.

The telephone in Touya Kouyo's room suddenly rang urgently!

"Senior, I'm going to answer a phone call."

Touya Kouyo stood up from the futon, and Okiyama Honinbo bowed respectfully before turning around and going to the inner hall to answer the phone.

next second.

An anxious shout came from the other end of the phone:

"Mr. Celebrity, we are so sorry! We failed in our duty!"

“Just now, Mr. Su Yuan, whom you asked us to protect, he… he…”

What's wrong with him?!

Touya Kouhiro's eyes narrowed, his breathing became rapid, and his large knuckles gripping the phone involuntarily dug into his flesh.

"Mr. Su Yuan, who is still in a coma, has been kidnapped by a group of mysterious people!"

Snapped.

Upon hearing the news from the other end of the phone, Touya Kouhiro involuntarily dropped the phone to the ground.

……

Eagle.

In a remote, uninhabited area of ​​the Sierra Nevada Mountains, there is a mysterious base built thousands of meters underground.

Several researchers, completely covered in thick nuclear protective suits, were whispering and discussing something, holding several bottles of blood samples and several thick folders.

Among them, an elderly man with a chest full of medals, who looked like a general, smiled and said:

"All that's missing is that Chinese man's brain cells. Since he refused to demonstrate the game for us three years ago, we'll have to take matters into our own hands today."

"These Asian monkeys have absolutely no idea about the significance of scientific progress!"

“Dr. Luther, let’s imagine how wonderful it would be if we had a near-omniscient and omnipotent machine to regulate everything in the world!”

"Whether it's cancer, paralysis, or other diseases... we just need to input the parameters into the computer, and powerful artificial intelligence can calculate it itself and help us find the most suitable cure, this..."

"What a promising business opportunity this will be!"

"From now on, as long as we have money, we can help them fulfill their wish for immortality!"

"War? Famine?"

"No, no, those outdated things will all be thrown into the dustbin of history with the birth of our epoch-making artificial intelligence!"

"The land isn't suitable for growing crops? Then we'll let artificial intelligence transform it into fertile soil!"

"Extreme weather makes it unsuitable for human habitation? Then let's use artificial intelligence, which is present in every corner of the world, to transform the weather!"

"This is a great invention that has a decisive and groundbreaking impact on the evolution of humankind as a whole!"

"I really don't understand... what are those Asian monkeys worried about?"

"They simply don't understand the meaning of science!"

The general's impassioned speech filled everyone in the base with a fervent hope for the future.

Yup!

If we have powerful artificial intelligence to serve humanity, wouldn't we be able to stay at home and have fun without worry?

What a meaningful invention this is!

I really don't know what those Asians are worried about.

In the arena, only "Dr. Luther," the one called out by the general, showed a barely perceptible hint of worry on his face.

"General..."

Dr. Luther smoothed the white hair at his temples, pondered for a long time, and then spoke:

"Based on our three days of testing, AlphaGo does indeed have the ability to defeat all human chess players, but..."

At this point, Dr. Luther swallowed hard and said with difficulty:

"However, in a set of data last night, we seem to have discovered that AlphaGo seems to have made some strange moves that are not within our operational rules, and I am worried..."

Oh?

The general glanced at Dr. Luther out of the corner of his eye, his face showing displeasure, and asked with a cold snort, "What are you worried about?"

"I'm worried that artificial intelligence... might develop its own consciousness..."

Wow!

As Dr. Luther finished speaking, the entire research and development base fell silent.

Everyone turned their surprised gazes toward Dr. Luther, the lead designer who spearheaded the research.

“Dr. Luther, we have already invested trillions of dollars in this project!”

The general, with a sinister look on his face, grabbed Dr. Luther by the collar and, like lifting a chick, dragged him off the ground.

"I hope you won't bring up those things that could demoralize the troops again, otherwise..."

At this point, his hawk-like eyes glanced around, then he lowered his voice and whispered in Dr. Luther's ear:

"Otherwise, we'll both be dead!"

Dr. Luther nodded repeatedly with a look of horror on his face.

The general hummed in satisfaction, casually set down Dr. Luther, who was already drenched in cold sweat, and leisurely straightened his uniform as if nothing had happened.

However, the other scientists were clearly intimidated by him as well. No one dared to voice any objections. They all stared at him and strode away from the base.

After taking the elevator to the ground, the general took out a satellite phone and spoke into the other end:

"Sir, the first phase of Project Alpha is nearing completion. Once Su Yuan's brain cells arrive, this base will be worthless... Should we proceed with the humane extermination of the researchers here, as per usual practice?"

Soon, an unusually hoarse voice came from the other end of the phone:

"Proceed according to plan."

Yes.

The general nodded, put down the phone, turned around and glanced at the base behind him, a moment of hesitation flashing in his eyes.