[THE INVESTOR] A Go match between an artificial intelligence program and a human player will be held for the second time in Russia later this month.
The National Institute for Mathematical Science, a state-run agency to promote the start-up and industrial mathematics sectors, said on July 7, Korean Go master Cho Hye-yeon and Japanese AI Go solution Zen will compete in a one-round match at the European Go Congress to be held on July 27 in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Go master Cho Hye-yeon (far right)
The AI program is considered the second most advanced Go program after AlphaGo, developed by US start-up DeepMind.
Hideki Kato, co-creator of Zen, reportedly said that its capability almost surpassed that of DeepMind’s.
The Japanese Go program won a competition in Japan in March after beating other programs including the one developed by Facebook.
In the first ever match between a human Go player and an AI program, Korean Go grandmaster Lee Se-dol was defeated by AlphaGo 1-4.
By Kim Young-won (
wone0102@heraldcorp.com)