'Genius Studious Hong Jin Kyung' Lee Sedol showed deep affection for humanity alongside his go life.
On the 30th the YouTube channel Hong Jin Kyung 'Genius Studious Hong Jin Kyung' released a video titled 'What did Lee Sedol do as soon as he beat AlphaGo and went home? (Hong Jin Kyung omok match, final kiss)'.
On that day Lee Sedol lightly explained the rules of go at the request of Hong Jin Kyung and the production team. He calmly explained them one by one—edges, corners, center, ko, first move, making territory—and Hong Jin Kyung got motivated and played a few moves against Lee Sedol.
Hong Jin Kyung asked, "Is golf harder or is go harder?" Lee Sedol said, "Both are difficult if you want to go all the way, but many people can play golf well after about a year of learning. For go you first study for three years. Three times a week; adults need to study for six months a year. You have to devote yourself fully." However, watching the go that Hong Jin Kyung played, he praised her, saying I think you would play well after just a year. Contrary to Hong Jin Kyung and the producer losing their tempers earlier when Lee Sedol initially refused to play—Hong Jin Kyung saying You're ignoring me and I'm not that easygoing—they smiled at Lee Sedol's praise.
Then Hong Jin Kyung asked Lee Sedol about life. Hong Jin Kyung asked, "I also enjoyed the movie The Match. Among Cho Hun-hyun, Lee Chang-ho and Lee Sedol, who stands out?" These were indispensable names in Korean go. Lee Sedol said humbly, "I cannot compare them. Cho Hun-hyun guksu won the Ing Cup, the China-Japan-Korea world tournament, leading to a revival of Korean go. Lee Chang-ho teacher defeated his teacher Cho Hun-hyun guksu and surpassed him."
Regarding Lee Chang-ho 9-dan, Lee Sedol said, "Lee Chang-ho changed the paradigm of go. He changed the style we originally played. That is tremendous. In soccer tactics change, but go is slow. Something that had been played for hundreds of years was changed by someone," and said, "I didn't reach that level."
However, Lee Sedol held the title of the only human to have beaten the artificial intelligence AlphaGo. He was humble about that as well. Lee Sedol said, "I am the only person who won, but I am also the only person who lost. Ke Jie 9-dan played against a higher version of AlphaGo. He obviously lost. A person cannot beat that. So I don't think of it as an official match," and said, "I may be the only person to have won and also the one who lost."
What interests him is the life lived with go and how people live. Lee Sedol said, "It is difficult to popularize go. Nevertheless it has value. As you live you need abstract aspects, and with the development of the online era I think it is even more necessary."
Not only words but publishing books and even creating board games, Lee Sedol said, "Because I played go for 30 years, go stories are included a lot, but one reason I liked go was that you could make decisions," and said, "Amateurs learned by watching professional players, but with the emergence of artificial intelligence I thought the world of go I knew was over," and said he is seeking ways to popularize go.
He said, "Humans are not beings who play go well. They are beings who create. Artificial intelligence was also made by humans," naming the value of human existence.
[Photo source] 'Genius Studious Hong Jin Kyung', Hong Jin Kyung YouTube channel
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