The ancient Chinese game of 'Go' has long been considered a grand challenge for artificial intelligence due to its vast number of board configurations. In 2016, a legendary Go master faced off against an unproven AI challenger in a historic best-of-five-game competition in South Korea. The documentary chronicles the journey from Cambridge to Seoul, exploring what AI can reveal about the 3000-year-old game and what it can teach us about humanity.
AlphaGo
AlphaGo, a program developed by Google's DeepMind, was tested against the European Go champion and later against Lee Sedol, the top player, in a five-game tournament held in Seoul from March 9-15, 2016.
