AlphaGo

2017
1h 30m

IMDb RATING

7.8/10

7.4K

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With more board configurations than there are atoms in the universe, the ancient Chinese game of 'Go' has long been considered a grand challenge for artificial intelligence. On March 9, 2016, the worlds of Go and artificial intelligence collided in South Korea for an extraordinary best-of-five-game competition, coined The Google DeepMind Challenge Match. Hundreds of millions of people around the world watched as a legendary Go master took on an unproven AI challenger for the first time in history.

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Google's DeepMind has developed a program for playing the 3000 year old game Go using AI. They test AlphaGo on the European champion, then March 9-15, 2016, on the top player, Lee Sedol, in ... Read allGoogle's DeepMind has developed a program for playing the 3000 year old game Go using AI. They test AlphaGo on the European champion, then March 9-15, 2016, on the top player, Lee Sedol, in a best of 5 tournament in Seoul.Google's DeepMind has developed a program for playing the 3000 year old game Go using AI. They test AlphaGo on the European champion, then March 9-15, 2016, on the top player, Lee Sedol, in a best of 5 tournament in Seoul.

Director
- Greg Kohs
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.8/10

7.4K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Greg Kohs
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 4 wins & 3 nominations total

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10ola-172-728948

What does it mean to be human?

This is an awesome movie about the creation of AlphaGo, the first program that managed to stand up to the best human players of the ancient game of Go. This came out of nowhere, a decade or two before it was expected, and took everyone with surprise. Watch how the players struggle with meeting opposition of a level they had never thought to meet, and the questions it gives rise to. The movie centers around matches that were widely reported in media the world over, so the outlines of the story may be known, but this is nevertheless a very exciting and gripping movie as we watch the story unfold from behind the scenes.

10kbscrank

A documentary that will make you cry about a game you never knew about

I knew about Go but not the complexities of the game.

This is more about AI but what it means to be human.

The European champion won my heart

Just thrilling amazing production.

7GeXYZ

Beautiful story about AI

PROS:

well juxtaposed machine and human brain challenge
great story with all key milestones: intro, climax, conclusion
good choice of characters and how are they presented

CONS:

does not give more details into the Deepmind AlphaGo setup (e.g. how they improved)
would be curious to see/learn more about he
presenting better the team and how they work together as it is not one person game

9louisvcharles

A classic case of man versus machine, without the science fiction.

A classic case of man versus machine, without the science fiction. Awesome viewing experience that has you rooting for both sides at various points. Never heard of the game Go before viewing and still have yet to play it, that should be testament to how well the human side of the story is conveyed.

9scottschnorr

What a surprise!

What an amazing day well done film! I recently watched another file, The Surrounding Game about the game of Go and was not sure if I wanted watch another film base on the game. This film was much more than just about a man playing a machine in a board game. What happened was history-making and to have witnessed it unfold in the way that the film presented it was remarkable. At one point in the film, I was even holding back a few years. Very well done!