Milestone · curated entry
AlphaGo beats Lee Sedol 4 to 1
AlphaGo versus Lee Sedol
- Date
- March 15, 2016
- Category
- Milestone
- Organization / Model
- Google DeepMind
- Evidence
- 2 sources · 2 evidence families
AlphaGo won the match four games to one, and move 37 of the second game became a byword for machine creativity. The event carried reinforcement learning and Go search into public view.
Curator's note: Cross-checked against the Nature paper and DeepMind's official retrospective.
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