Rebirth: Fight For Life

   Chapter 497 Online Go Challenge! start!

   At the moment when China's first relay satellite was successfully launched into orbit, Qiu Jie of the Shanghai Chess Academy had already been abused three times by the opposing chess player.

  Although he only became a professional 8-dan player this year, he is also a solid 8-dan player.

   In the fixed dan competition, after accumulating nearly 2,000 points in 28 games, he was promoted to the 8th dan player!

   But now, facing the chess player behind the computer, he has a cold feeling of being seen through.

   Every move is like digging into the opponent's open pocket.

   Every step of the final stage, the opponent is impeccable.

   Far-reaching layout...perfect finish...

   Which great **** is so idle that he has nothing to do on the Internet to abuse vegetables!

   But what puzzled Qiu Jie the most was that two months ago, he was not so good.

   surrendered directly at that time, which made Qiu Jie feel quite unfulfilled, and asked him to play another round.

  I didn't expect that the next time the other party said, it will already be raised to this level?

   Qiu Jie felt that his defeat was a complete defeat...

   So he coldly rejected the opponent's invitation to play again, and answered with trembling hands: "Next time."

…next time…

   Can you have a chance to win next time?

   Qiu Jie felt that what he was even more puzzled about now was the identity of the other party.

  Sometimes there are professional chess players who play games through the Internet. But among this group of people, Qiu Jie was already considered the top.

  Now, you can count the people who can beat yourself in three consecutive games so easily, even with your fingers!

   He began to round the corners to find out which bigwig recently became interested in online Go.

   Maybe two months ago, he was just familiar with online Go, and he was not proficient in the operation, which led him to establish an advantage in advance.

   But it should be that the opponent's vision itself is stronger than his own, so he sees that there is no need to go any further, so he throws in the middle.

   Well, that must be the case, the other party was originally a 9 dan boss!

  …

   Of course, the opponent is not a 9-dan boss, but an artificial intelligence upgraded from artificial mental retardation.

  Gu Song took a detour to Zhonghu, and after a long talk with Li Chengpeng, when he returned to Yanjing, he heard Lin Yaodong say that their Go AI flint dog named "FirestoneGo" now has a considerable winning rate.

  Gu Song is happy, it's time to gain influence.

   What other way can make people pay more attention to the role of artificial intelligence algorithms than Go AI defeating the world's number one chess player?

   Now, Mitu mobile phones are selling well, and the data center network that has been laid will begin to meet the explosion of data, and the conditions are ripe.

   After Li Chengpeng heard his plan clearly, he also started to act excitedly, and Gu Song gained another big source of money.

  Then, let the Flint Research Institute, which has been silent for a while, have a sense of presence!

   Qiu Jie didn't search for long, because he didn't have to search any longer.

   The Frontier Computing Research Institute of the Flint Research Institute held a press conference and launched an online Go challenge.

The    side of the battle is a robot chess player based on artificial intelligence algorithms: FirestoneGo.

   On the other hand, it is an invitation to professional chess players all over the world.

  From November 15th, professional chess players can register through a special website, and a total of 5 games can be arranged every day. Of course, the registration is real name. The process and results of the game can also be viewed online.

   Until the end of 2006, Flint Technology will give out $100,000 for every game FirestoneGo is defeated. Half of it will be donated to the Flint Charity Fund, and half of it will be sponsored by the China Weiqi Association as a supplementary bonus for the Lanchun Cup World Weiqi Competition next year.

   When Qiu Jie saw this news, he remembered that the ID he had played against was the English name of the famous Flint Group.

  It turns out...it was just a robot that beat him?

   Qiu Jie felt cold all over.

Before    there was chess, where human players were defeated by robots, but now, is it the turn of Go?

   This discussion was very hot after IBM's Deep Blue defeated the world chess champion at the time.

  The conclusion is that the changes in chess moves will eventually be surpassed by the computing performance of computers.

   But Go is different, the number of changes in Go is too large. In a brute-force enumeration of all situations, Go would require computing far more changes than the number of atoms in the universe that has been observed.

   This huge amount is enough to put off any brute force.

   And humans, with some hard-to-replicate algorithm or intuition, can jump over brute force and see the essence of the chessboard at a glance.

but now…

   Qiu Jie clearly knew very well that with his professional 8-dan chess skills, he was defeated by three games in a row!

   He is not belittling himself, thinking that artificial intelligence is about to conquer Go, a highland of human intelligence.

   But the question is, how many chess players can there be who are better than Qiu Jie in chess?

   Besides, he himself doesn't think that in front of the big 9 dan, he has no power to fight back.

   But this FirestoneGo tortured him for three consecutive rounds.

   Qiu Jie can already see what will happen next.

   First of all, only professional chess players like myself who often play games on the Internet will be more interested in trying to play against this artificial intelligence.

   Then, it was a series of defeats.

  A large number of professional chess players were defeated by artificial intelligence, and the news finally caused uproar and discussion. The $100,000 promised by Flint Technology could not even be spent. Out of the consideration of defending the dignity of human intelligence, a grand master finally agreed to take action.

   And as long as the 9 dan bosses don't stand up, the news will only get louder and hotter.

   It will be just over a month from now until the end of 2006.

   Will things ferment to the point where the 9-dan boss or even the world champion can stand up?

  If not, Flint Group can make a perfect publicity without spending a penny!

   Qiu Jie had no confidence that he could defeat this FirestoneGo. The opponent's strategy and every move showed extraordinary power in the end.

   But what Qiu Jie was unwilling was that he could not understand the thinking of the other party.

   There are a lot of moves, and he only discovered the beauty in the final review.

   What he didn't understand was, how did the artificial intelligence calculate that step when the game was in progress? How was this decision made?

   Qiu Jie thinks that maybe only someone with higher chess skills than himself can see through the chess path of artificial intelligence, find a coup for breaking the game, and solve his confusion.

   It's as if a supreme master suddenly appeared in the martial arts, with unheard of exercises and unseen moves.

   In front of him, after being defeated in three or two strokes, he, a "master" who had just lost his reputation, did not understand how he was defeated.

   Now, this top player has set up the arena and challenged the heroes of the world.

   Do you have to wait for him to fight with so many people who are not as good as you, and attract the attention of other top players, before you can see his full strength and get a glimpse?

   Where can you hold back?

   In front of such big secrets and profound meanings, Qiu Jie gritted his teeth.

  If you can understand it yourself, you will definitely improve your chess skills.

   For this reason, what's the shame if you go out again and get beaten up by him again?

not to mention…

   Qiu Jie took a deep breath.

  The one who was beaten up, who doesn't want to beat him back?

   After adjusting for many days, he had already figured out some of the opponent's coup tricks, and had some vague feelings about his chess path.

  Then... let's be ashamed!

   As he submitted the registration information, Lin Yaodong and Lin Yoxi in the Frontier Computing Research Institute of the Flint Research Institute gave a high five: "Come on!"

   "Oh, it's still him! This is for revenge!"

   "Good guy, Qiu Jie, Huhai Chess Academy, professional 8 dan!"

  Gu Song looked at the two brothers with one look at me and one word, excited, smiling and watching everyone in the lab who were looking forward to it.

   Good show, it's about to start!

   (end of this chapter)