李世石对弈AlphaGo扳回一局

 　　Mark one up for man over the machine. The world champion of the ancient Chinese board game of Go has finally found a way to beat Google’s AlphaGo computer, after losing three straight games last week.

　　这是人类战胜机器的时刻，世界围棋冠军终于设法打败了谷歌(Google)的AlphaGo计算机，上周他在这种发源于中国的古老棋类游戏的“人机对战”中连输三局。

　　Lee Se-dol, the South Korean who has been the top Go player for a decade, was delighted at his first victory, although AlphaGo had already clinched¹ the $1m prize in the best-of-five series. The money will be donated to charity after the final game is held on Tuesday.

　　10年来保持着世界排名第一的韩国棋手李世石(Lee Se-Dol)对自己的首场胜利感到高兴，尽管AlphaGo已经稳拿这轮五局对弈的100万美元奖金。在周二举行最后一局比赛后，这笔钱将捐献给慈善机构。

　　“It’s just one game. I’ve never been congratulated so much just because I won one game,” Mr Lee told reporters after the match on Sunday in Seoul.

　　“这只是一局比赛。我从来没有因为赢得一盘棋而得到这么多祝贺，”李世石在周日赛后对记者们表示。这局比赛是在首尔举行的。

　　“This win is invaluable² and I would not trade it for anything else in the world,” the 33-year-old grandmaster said with a big smile. Mr Lee acknowledged³ he had underestimated⁴ AlphaGo’s skills, but said the software was not perfect.

　　“这场胜利非常宝贵，我不会拿它与世界上其它任何东西交换，”这位33岁的九段棋手满脸笑容地表示。李世石承认，此前他低估了AlphaGo的技能，但他表示，该软件并不完美。

　　Demis Hassabis, chief executive⁵ of Google Deepmind, the developer of the computer program, said the match result would provide a valuable lesson for his team to identify and address AlphaGo’s weakness.

　　开发AlphaGo的谷歌DeepMind的首席执行官杰米斯?哈萨比斯(Demis Hassabis)表示，这场比赛的结果将带来宝贵收获，让他的团队发现和解决AlphaGo的弱点。

　　“He was too good for us today and pressured AlphaGo into a mistake that it couldn’t recover from,” Mr Hassabis tweeted.

　　“他今天对我们太强大了，AlphaGo在压力之下出了一个错，之后再也无法恢复局面，”哈萨比斯在Twitter上表示。

 

1 clinched   

v.（尤指两人）互相紧紧抱[扭]住( clinch的过去式和过去分词 )；解决（争端、交易），达成（协议）

参考例句：

• The two businessmen clinched the deal quickly. 两位生意人很快达成了协议。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Evidently this information clinched the matter. 显然，这一消息使问题得以最终解决。 来自辞典例句

2 invaluable   

adj.无价的，非常宝贵的，极为贵重的

参考例句：

• A computer would have been invaluable for this job.一台计算机对这个工作的作用会是无法估计的。
• This information was invaluable to him.这个消息对他来说是非常宝贵的。

3 acknowledged   

adj.公认的v.承认( acknowledge的过去式和过去分词 )；鸣谢；对…打招呼；告知已收到

参考例句：

• He acknowledged publicly that he might have made a mistake. 他当众承认自己可能犯了个错误。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The police acknowledged that three police vehicles were damaged. 警方承认有三辆警车被毁。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 underestimated   

对…估计不足，低估( underestimate的过去式和过去分词 )； 对…认识不足（或重视不够），低估，轻视

参考例句：

• They underestimated his abilities. 他们过低估计了他的才能。
• He says that we've underestimated natural variability. 他说我们低估了自然的变异性。

5 executive   

adj.执行的，行政的；n.执行者，行政官，经理

参考例句：

• A good executive usually gets on well with people.一个好的高级管理人员通常与人们相处得很好。
• He is a man of great executive ability.他是个具有极高管理能力的人。