李世石聊围棋人机大战

 　　Reflecting on his third consecutive¹ loss, Lee Sedol admits he is under a lot of pressure after losing the first two games.

　　"Though I have a lot of experience in Go I have never felt before such severe pressure as I do now, and I suppose my abilities were a bit lacking to overcome that."Lee resigned after more than four hours of play in the game against Google's computer program AlphaGo.

　　The five-game match has been regarded as a representative fight between human brains and artificial intelligence.

　　李世石聊围棋人机大战

　　Although losing for a third time, the 33-year-old grandmaster still thinks it is "not a defeat for humans".

　　"AlphaGo shows the part of its weaknesses, so I doubt whether it has skills that can actually deliver a message to humans. Therefore, I think Lee Sedol is the one who lost today, not humanity."Go is a popular game in countries such as China, South Korea and Japan.

　　It involves two contestants² moving black and white stones on a square grid³, with the aim of seizing the most territory.

　　Demis Hassibis, founder⁴ of Google subsidiary DeepMind which designed AlphaGo, is a bit surprised that the artificial intelligence program beat one the world's top Go players.

　　"To be honest, we are a bit stunned⁵ and speechless. Lee Sedol put up an incredible fight again, AlphaGo made a large territory at the bottom of the board, but Mr. Lee found some really amazing tactics to play in the territory and create a really huge co-fight."Google executives have revealed that AlphaGo has sought to approximate human intuition, by studying old matches and using simulated games to hone itself independently.

　　China's top Go player Ke Jie has earlier said that he would like to take on AlphaGo.

　　But now he thinks the computer program might not be an easy opponent after all.

　　"Sooner or later, the computer will defeat all human Go players. I am actually quite worried about that because I don't know how to face it when the time comes. I hope we can do something to stop Alpha from learning so fast and I will try to get him to slow down a little bit on the road of dominating the Go world."The five-game match, which kicked off on Wednesday, will last until next Tuesday.

　　The next match will be played later this Sunday in Seoul.

 

1 consecutive   

adj.连续的，联贯的，始终一贯的

参考例句：

• It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
• The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。

2 contestants   

n.竞争者，参赛者( contestant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The competition attracted over 500 contestants representing 8 different countries. 这次比赛吸引了代表8个不同国家的500多名参赛者。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency. 两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 grid   

n.高压输电线路网；地图坐标方格；格栅

参考例句：

• In this application,the carrier is used to encapsulate the grid.在这种情况下，要用载体把格栅密封起来。
• Modern gauges consist of metal foil in the form of a grid.现代应变仪则由网格形式的金属片组成。

4 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

5 stunned   

adj. 震惊的，惊讶的 动词stun的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The fall stunned me for a moment. 那一下摔得我昏迷了片刻。
• The leaders of the Kopper Company were then stunned speechless. 科伯公司的领导们当时被惊得目瞪口呆。