2016

AlphaGo beats Lee Sedol

March 15, 2016

DeepMind's AlphaGo beats the South Korean champion 4 to 1 at Go, a game once considered too difficult for machines. In 2019, Lee retires: "Even if I become the number one, there is an entity that cannot be defeated."

Source: American Go E-Journal

Game 4, the only one Lee Sedol won. CC BY-SA 4.0

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