For many fans of artificial news , the stellar performance of Google ’s AlphaGo motorcar over human world champion Lee Sedol was a historic milepost . For some in South Korea , however — where the game , known as Baduk , has deep root — the victories are a piffling more unsettling .
The New Scientistreportsthat AlphaGo ’s 4 - 1 domination of Sedol has produced fears about the time to come of unreal intelligence , and some have beenleft wonderingwhat ’s in store for humans after the machines inevitably take over .
“ Last dark was very gloomy , ” Jeong Ahram , lead Go reporter for Joongang Ilbo , a tumid daily newspaper in South Korea , recount New Scientist follow the automobile ’s first triumph . “ Many people drank alcoholic beverage . ”
The tournament leftmany peoplearound the globe on edge — fear of intelligent robots ( TERMINATOR ! ) is acommon human trait , after all . But in South Korea , where the secret plan isincredibly popular , Lee Sedol ’s frustration was peculiarly painful .
From the story :
Headlines stacked up in the South Korean insistence too : “ The ‘ Horrifying Evolution ’ of Artificial Intelligence , ” and “ AlphaGo ’s Victory … Spreading Artificial Intelligence ‘ Phobia . ’ ”
What has people particularly concerned is AlphaGo ’s suspicion and creativity : It ’s one matter for a machine to make moves automatically and , well , like a auto . But AlphaGo ’s moves display a certain element ofsophistication and beauty — in anodd waythat humans were n’t bear — which does n’t seem to bode well for us humans .
Suspicion has n’t been the only reply , however . The Korea Heraldreportsthat interest in Go has exploded since the tourney , and adults and tike alike are cluster to academies and teacher to pick up how to play .
The mild existential crisis has n’t gone so far as todeter interestin the study of artificial intelligence service , however . Arecent editorialin the Korea Herald encourage the land to prosecute the area , arguing that “ the day will come shortly when artificial intelligence is applied to significant real - world problems . ” That ’s right , no sense in fighting the inevitable . We ’ll all be report to them one day anyway .
[ New Scientist ]
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