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AlphaGo defeated: Lee Sedol 4-1 in March 2016.
Last verified 2026-05-16 · Methodology veritas-v0.1 · 0318700337f0906d
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Structured fields
- Subject
- AlphaGo
- Predicate
defeated- Object
- Lee Sedol 4-1 in March 2016
- Confidence
- 100%
- Tags
- alphago · deepmind · reinforcement-learning · lee-sedol · foundational · 2016 · defeated
Sources (2)
[1] peer reviewed · Nature (Silver et al. / DeepMind) · 2016-01-27
Mastering the game of Go with deep neural networks and tree search“Here we introduce a new approach to computer Go that uses 'value networks' to evaluate board positions and 'policy networks' to select moves. These deep neural networks are trained by a novel combination of supervised learning from human expert games, and reinforcement learning from games of self-play.”
[2] official blog · Google DeepMind · 2016-03-15
AlphaGo — DeepMind“In a landmark moment for artificial intelligence, AlphaGo took on 18-time world champion Lee Sedol in a five-game challenge match in Seoul. AlphaGo won the series 4-1.”
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