AlphaGoGreg Kohs

There are more ways to play a game of Go than there are atoms in the universe. Even if all the computers in the world would work together, it would require millions of years to work out all possible scenarios. For a long time, everyone assumed that a computer would never be able to beat a human Go player. Will Google and the deep learning AI technology succeed in this immense challenge?

Can a computer beat the best player? The Chinese board game Go is the oldest game in the world and was subjected to an ultimate test against a computer. Go is both one of the most simple and most abstract games out there. It is a huge challenge for artificial intelligence (AI) because there is an almost infinite number of possible combinations. Greg Kohs has made a film about the GO equivalent of the chess match between Garry Kasparov and Deep Blue. Set to a soundtrack written by Academy Award nominee Hauschka, Kohs leads us to the core of the film: a seven-day tournament in which the greatest Go master of all time, Lee Sedol, takes on the computer. The film raises questions about the future of our species. How do we deal with this new kind of intelligence? And above all, who will be the winner of this showdown?



Artificial intelligence Science

Vertoond op editie(s) 2018
Screened at edition(s) 2018

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Directed by Greg Kohs
US
2017 90 min.
English, Korean
Subtitles: English

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ScienceDocs

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Director

Greg Kohs

Producer

Gary Krieg, Josh Rosen, Kevin Proudfoot

Cinematography

Greg Kohs

Editing

Cindy Lee

Music

Volker Bertelmann

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