This is a review article written after watching the broadcast.
"Questions from Sohn Seok-hee": Lee Sedol confessed that he had rematched against AI after his retirement.
On the 8th episode of MBC's "Questions from Sohn Seok-hee," pro gamer "Faker" Lee Sang-hyeok and 9-dan Lee Sedol appeared, and Lee Sedol mentioned a rematch with AI after his retirement.
That day, Sohn Seok-hee asked, "After you retired, did you ever have a rematch with AI? Even personally?" Lee Sedol said, "I have. I retired at the end of 2019. I was curious in 2021 about how big the difference really was," and he revealed, "I started giving myself a two-point handicap."
Lee Sedol explained, "Because I played quickly, I lost. Even with a two-point handicap I lost consecutively. To be precise, from the end of 2017 it became impossible for humans to beat AI Go."
Above all, Lee Sedol said with a laugh, "I played a very fair game. AI had 20 seconds, I had unlimited time. I gave two points and had unlimited time, and it still won."
He said he played as much as one match over about a month and a half. Lee Sedol said, "If I forgot how to play or postponed it to the next day, that led to a win. In fact, I won two games. Then I changed the conditions and played a third game. I played a perfect game, but at that time I felt really helpless. I felt a wall like that."
He then confessed, "What it felt like was that no matter what move I used I couldn't win. I felt that even if I left this and played for the rest of my life I couldn't beat AI. Feeling that wall, I think I stopped playing Go."
[Photo] Screenshot from the broadcast of "Questions from Sohn Seok-hee"
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