Defeated by A.I., A Legend in the Board Game Go Warns: Get Ready for What's Next
Lee Saedol, a Go player, faced a significant defeat by AlphaGo in 2016, showcasing A.I.'s capabilities. Lee now advocates preparing for A.I.'s societal impact, emphasizing adaptation and understanding its implications on human values and job market.
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Lee Saedol, a renowned Go player, suffered a significant defeat to the A.I. program AlphaGo in 2016, marking a pivotal moment in human-machine interactions. The loss highlighted the potential of artificial intelligence to master complex tasks previously thought exclusive to humans. Following his retirement, Lee now advocates for preparing for the impact of A.I. on society, emphasizing the need to understand and adapt to the technology. Despite acknowledging A.I.'s potential to create and replace jobs, Lee expresses concerns about its influence on human values like creativity and innovation. Reflecting on his career and the evolving role of A.I., Lee urges individuals to consider professions less susceptible to automation. His experience serves as a cautionary tale about the transformative power of artificial intelligence and the need to navigate its implications thoughtfully in various aspects of life.
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7 commentsWhy was this article written now?? This is the only paragraph that substantially marks it as post-2016. For such a key paragraph, I think it's rather too sloppy: eg just one more example of reporters/DeepMind transforming AlphaFold's useful two-thirds accuracy rate into the culminating solution of an age-old problem.
>“Losing to A.I., in a sense, meant my entire world was collapsing,” he said in a recent interview with The New York Times.
>Mr. Lee had a hard time accepting the defeat. What he regarded as an art form, an extension of a player’s own personality and style, was now cast aside for an algorithm’s ruthless efficiency. --------
He also retired 3 years later and has had some time to reflect on the situation.
For people whose sole source of identity is their job/profession, Lee Saedol is a cautionary tale.
What used to take a dedicated research team and millions of dollars of compute (to play professional go), can now be done with a sub $1 gpt4 call (to do something like make strategy slides).
No, it hasn't. If anything AI, as it currently stands, made sure that the "bottom creativity" is gone. For example I am simply anti-talent at drawing. For me a street artist that does caricatures is creativity. Looking closer you see that the artist is actually very limited in his techniques and uses but just a few easy tricks - this was explained to me by a friend who's an artist, a true one, with shows and galleries. So now AI made sure "that!" creativity was erased and is at fingertips for everybody. I see that as a good sign, not a bad one. True creativity is still the panache of humans - I mean AI can create masterpieces like GRR Martin? (if only the old sob would move his rear to finish them, that's it).
> “People used to be in awe of creativity, originality and innovation,” he said. “But since A.I. came, a lot of that has disappeared.”
Bullshit. Just complete bullshit.
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