Lee Saedol was the finest Go player of his generation when he suffered a decisive loss, defeated not by a human opponent but by artificial intelligence.
Mr. Lee was beaten by AlphaGo, an A.I.
The stunning upset, in 2016, made headlines around the world and looked like a clear sign that artificial intelligence was entering a new, profoundly unsettling era.
“I am very surprised because I have never thought I would lose,” Mr. Lee said at the time in a post-match news conference.
“I didn’t know that AlphaGo would play such a perfect Go.”
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