AlphaGo ranks only one step away from Ke Jie, ranking second in the world
On March 15th, the fifth game of the man-machine battle between Google Alpha Go and Lee Sedol ended at the Four O'clock Hotel in South Korea. Lee Sedol lost the black mid-game, and the final score between the two sides was fixed for Alpha to win 4-1. Although Li Shishi won the total score, Zhuo Geng's swing in the next two rounds still won the majesty back for the human players. The human-machine dialogue in Go has only just begun, and with the continuous development of wild intelligence, human chess players' lessons and discussions, there will be more handed down chess repertoires that will delight us. The game also marked the arrival of a brand new period.
Although he lost to Lee Sedol in the fourth game, Google AlphaGo gained its own world rankings. The professional Go ranking website GoRatings.org put AlphaGo in the fourth place in the world, ranking behind China's Ke Jie and South Korea's Park Yongxun and Japan's Iyama Yutai later. After winning the fifth game, since October last year, AlphaGo has accumulated 3,586 points with a record of 9 wins and 1 loss, ranking second in the world, second only to Chinese player Ke Jie Jiudan.
High ranking, high level, and tirelessness make Google Alpha Go the subject of the match that players are waiting for. Ke Jie, Gu Li and even Nie Weiping all expressed their desire to learn from each other. Gu Li even bluntly said that if he can fight AlphaGo for a while, his strength will be greatly demoted.