Who asked him to play Go!

Chapter 295: The game has come to our head, right?

"Breaking news! Google is hosting a Go competition!"

"Wow, European and American technology companies are also participating in the Go project?"

"What do you know? This is called cultural communication, the mysterious power of the East!"

The game begins again.

The location is still in the capital.

The more specific coordinates are the headquarters of the Chinese Chess Academy.

For Shi Yu, this is a place as familiar as home, and it is indeed often used to hold Go competitions.

The biggest difference between this competition and previous ones is that the sponsors are very special, and Google is the largest investor.

This is also the first time that this ancient competitive sport has been favored by Western technology giants.

Another difference is that the prize money this time is also very generous. The champion prize is as high as 36 US dollars, which is almost the amount of another Yingshi Cup.

I can only admire that your company is indeed wealthy and generous.

The reason for its generosity has been discussed privately by many chess fans.

Maybe their CEO has recently become obsessed with studying ancient Eastern culture and has suddenly become interested in Go.

It’s nothing. This is an old tradition of these technology companies. Steve Jobs even set up a Tibetan language system for his mobile phone.

Only some chess players who had signed the confidentiality agreement, as well as Shi Yu, felt their hearts sink in their throats the moment they saw the news.

Is the flood monster finally coming?

Is the sword of Damocles hanging over our heads finally going to fall?

Will the chess world usher in earth-shaking changes?

"I'm going out. I'll be back soon."

It was early spring and the snow had not yet melted, and Shi Yu went out wearing his favorite long windbreaker.

Contestants also flew in from all over the place, and after meeting each other, everyone was particularly calm, without any ups and downs.

Several years have passed, and everyone has matured.
"Shi↑yu↓!"

"Shi ↓ Yu ↑!"

"Shi-Yu-"

"Haha, I was just thinking that after so much time, you would have recovered from your illness, but what happened? You have all regressed to your original state, right?"

When Shi Yu turned around, he found himself surrounded by a group of muscular men again. After many years, they were once again trying to pin him down.

"Stop pretending. You know best what you did!"

"Tell me! You've been a good person for so long, why did you get into the bad habit of opening a second-hand account recently? And you open it so frequently?"

"Haven't you already made it official? How come you still have the time to play chess all day long? So now that the audience is part of your play, even your online chess opponents are part of it?"

Facing the criticism from this group of people, Shi Yu was confused and retorted:

"What the hell? What are you talking about? I don't understand a word you say.
Also, please stop spitting blood at me. I'm exhausted every night these days, so how can I have time to go crazy with you guys?"

Ever since he had played a short game with the master in Yihu last time, Shi Yu felt a deep sense of crisis and excitement, and picked up the Jueyi game again after nearly a year of interruption.

He didn't do any live broadcasts for two whole weeks.

Why does it sound like this group of people encountered another accident in these two weeks?

Are you the Tokyo in Japanese comics, facing crises all the time?
Faced with Shi Yu's clueless expression, the group of people could only shake their heads.

If this was two years ago, when everyone was still young and energetic and keen on practical operations, they would have sent Shi Yu to the Cactus Aruba long ago.

Forget it now. This guy has been doing bad things for more than a day or two. You'll get used to it.

Just like that, the sudden episode ended and the opening ceremony soon began. A middle-aged Mediterranean man in a suit and tie took to the podium and delivered the usual speech.

"My name is Wang Yueji, and I am a senior executive of Google Greater China. But compared to this title, I prefer my other identity: an amateur 4th dan chess player who got his dan in Taiwan.

I love playing Go, and I also like all of the great Go players here. This competition is a small gift from me to you all, and it is the beginning of our friendship."

When Jiang Tianqi saw this man, he immediately started shaking like he was having a PTSD attack: "It's him! It's him! Frankenstein! Yuri who can control the mind!"

Ok.

I can tell.

Lao Jiangzi was treated inhumanely when he was used as a test subject. With such symptoms, he could be exiled to the Korean Chess Institute. Bah, he could be exiled to St. Elizabeth's Mental Hospital for recuperation.

After some pleasantries, Dr. Wang finally got to the point:
"In this competition, every chess player who enters the top eight will be invited to participate in one of our special activities. The rewards will also be very generous. I hope everyone can do their best."

Having said that, Shi Yu probably already understood the situation.

It seems that their research team is not satisfied with small-scale games like online chess, and wants to organize some grand scenes that can be called a sense of ceremony.

It also wants to hit ten.

He ascended the throne by stepping on the corpses of a bunch of the world's top chess players, announcing to the world that the game at the top of human IQ has officially fallen.

"That's all I have to say. Please enjoy this unique competition and fight hard on the field with all your strength!"

Everyone has heard similar morale-boosting words many times and has long been indifferent to them. Only the youngsters who have made it to the top 32 for the first time will be infected.

Unique meaning?

What's unique about it?
Everyone thought that the competition organized by Google would have some high-tech elements such as cyber chessboards and cyber chess pieces, but unexpectedly it was still ordinary, no different from a competition sponsored by a mattress company.

Everyone walked into the game room calmly, not taking the matter too seriously.

Except for those who knew about it, no one realized what a place this competition would leave in the history of Go.

"Okay, we can finally officially release our results. I can't wait any longer!"

Dr. Wang returned to the backstage, rubbing his hands excitedly.

There are several screens here, showing the win rate charts of all games.

In addition to Nie Lan, veterans from several other regions were also invited to the scene. Looking at everything in front of them, their faces turned pale.

Unexpectedly, a situation that only exists in science fiction stories has actually occurred. The superiority that Go is proud of is being judged by the demons from outer space.

"Oh my God, will we still be able to play chess in the future? Are we all going to be replaced by machines?" Dazhu couldn't help but sigh.

"Oh, don't worry. This artificial intelligence is just average. I saw it some time ago. It can't beat Shi Yu at all." Nie Lan was confident.

Dr. Wang felt a little provocative and retorted, "Let's be reasonable. Shi Yu's winning rate had already dropped to around 30% at that time. If it hadn't been for the sudden disconnection, we would have definitely won!"

"Come on, you praised this thing to the skies before, saying that no chess player could last more than fifty moves against it, but it's been more than a hundred and forty moves and you still haven't completely defeated it. Even if you win in the end, you won't show your face."

Dr. Wang choked as if a sore spot had been touched.

Everything that happened that day can only be described as regrettable.

An unexpected physical unplugging of the network cable ruined his dream of punishing Shi Yu like a heavy rain.

In fact, it is not a big problem. After a few minutes of connection, you can start the next game.

Unexpectedly, this person was no longer online.

For several days, Shi Yu was nowhere to be seen on Yihu, and he didn't even start a live broadcast.

If he hadn't occasionally sprinkled industrial saccharin in his BB space, Dr. Wang would have thought that this man had seen through the world and converted to Buddhism.

This is so awkward.

He was ambitious and listed Shi Yu as the number one target who must be defeated once, but he didn't expect that this man would not show up at all, and would keep these self-important technology practitioners hanging all day long. Good boy.

You're playing tricks on us, aren't you?

It's still a play!

This person is so hateful!
Helplessly, after waiting for two weeks, there was still no sign of this person, so the announcement plan had to go ahead directly.

"Forget it, it doesn't make any difference. Shi Yu will definitely make it into the top ten, and we can still give him the best punishment then." Dr. Wang comforted him.

So, now is the time when everything has settled and the final reveal has taken place.

"Someone, show us the picture to see how Shi Yu performed!"

In the first round, Shi Yu played against Korean chess player You Mao. The two have been playing against each other for so long that they can be called old rivals.

Shi Yu played black and Mao played white. Under the initial winning rate of Chinese rules, black had only a 38% winning rate at the beginning, which was truly shocking.

"Tsk tsk, no, Shi Yu, your winning rate is so fluctuating. It seems that your recent condition is not very good. Will you be unable to kill us?"

Dr. Wang shook his head repeatedly as he watched.

Since artificial intelligence was developed, one of his great interests has been to look through past chess records to see how their ancestors performed.

The results were mixed.

Several great Japanese chess masters who are famous in the history of chess have all suffered terrible negative reviews from artificial intelligence, and none of them can make any sense.

The only praiseworthy thing is Shusaku's little tip, which was actually considered the correct answer by AI. "Hikaru no Go" is indeed ahead of the other versions.

The value of ancient Chinese chess is surprisingly high, and the power unleashed by the ancient chess masters in mid-game battles is awe-inspiring.

Overall, before Shi Yu appeared, human Go was very immature in the eyes of AI. Some famous games were recognized, while more brilliant moves were considered incomprehensible.

Until Shi Yu appeared, the situation changed miraculously.

After being fed a large number of chess records, summarizing the essence of the entire chess world, and playing many self-games, the path chosen by artificial intelligence was surprisingly similar to Shi Yu's. It also joined the Chaos Cult!

This shows that Shi Yu is very close to the correct answer!
This is also confirmed by the winning rate curve of artificial intelligence.

The year before last was his undefeated period. Although his specific site selection was far behind the recommendation rate of artificial intelligence, he basically managed to push forward every time and built the airport runway with high intensiveness.

Shi Yu is undoubtedly the strongest chess player on earth in human history.

It’s a pity that, judging from the current situation, he won’t be able to maintain his strongest state for long.

The ten series of events more than a month ago were most likely his last glimmer of hope after overdrawing his future. He is now showing signs of decline and is losing ground.

70%!

After a fierce fight, Mao's winning rate has risen to a high level!
"Very good, just like that. Hmm? Why did Youzi fall down immediately?"

Just as Mao's white pieces were about to break through the 90 mark in one go, he suddenly made a bad move and his winning rate dropped to only 60%.

"Don't panic. The possibility of Black making the correct move is very low. Look at this move. Is this something a normal carbon-based creature would dare to do?"

According to his research on past chess records, the drastic drop in the winning rate during a fight is not a problem at all. The correct answer in the eyes of AI is simply not something that humans can come up with, and the party with the advantage still has the advantage.

Snapped!
Shi Yuzhen took off his clothes first.

The point selection is almost the same as the first selection.

this.
"This can really come out, right?"

"Don't panic, the following changes will be outrageous, he is sure."

You can definitely get out of this.

step.

Another step.

One more step.
Mao's winning rate has returned to zero.

Carry away!

On the court, he felt pain again.

Actually, during this period of time, everyone has gotten used to being crushed by Shi Yutong. They have no chance at all and have become numb to it.

But this round really has a chance! I really thought I could win!

Shi Yu was not in a hurry and took a look at his unique skill.

Although the artificial intelligence of this generation of Master is much inferior to that of Jueyi, the overall curve of this disk is basically the same, with similar ups and downs.

Looking at it from Jueyi's perspective, this game was also full of ups and downs, and he was at a disadvantage at one point.

Looking at this trend, Shi Yu smiled with relief.

"Well, these two weeks of hard work and practice have paid off. Next."

The competition went on round by round.

The entire scientific research team is paying more and more attention to Shi Yu.

It's too ridiculous.

How does this guy always make a comeback?

In every game, Shi Yu encountered a frightening disadvantage, but he was able to turn danger into safety every time.

Moreover, his comeback was also very unique.

Others’ comebacks often take a while before they can finally confirm their victory.

But every time this guy makes a comeback, he just raises his head and never comes down, without even a shake.

It gives people a feeling that he wanted to turn the tables, so the situation turned out to be over.

What's going on? One or two plates are enough, but why do we have to do this?
Dr. Wang was also very undecided.

The disadvantage he suffered in every set showed that he was in poor shape.

But his performance in every game was so weird that it always gave people the feeling that he was in a bad state on purpose.

Abbreviated as pretend.

"No, he is just not in good condition, there is no doubt about that!"

Dr. Wang thought about it and made a bold judgment.

He was very happy that Shi Yu could show the strength of the world's number one player.

But it is limited to the first person and can never exceed the definition of human beings.

Since it is a foregone conclusion that he is a human being, after eliminating all the impossible options, the remaining one, no matter how outrageous it is, can only be true.

He was not in good condition, and just happened to turn over as if it were flat ground.

It must be so!
"Hey, it's fun. This artificial intelligence is quite interesting."

Nie Lan studied the graph as if he had discovered a new toy.

Even chess players of his level often fail to make clear judgments about the chess game and can only give vague statements like "slightly better" or "fully playable".

But once this thing appeared, it became clear immediately, and it felt very novel.

Maybe, to some extent, artificial intelligence is a boon to Go.

"It's our turn to come on stage." Dr. Wang adjusted his tie.

AlphaGo, officially debuted!
(End of this chapter)