South Koreans are shaken after their Go-champion was defeated by an AI
http://archive.is/298Xg (New Scientist)
http://archive.is/Ib21L (Hankyroeh)
Excerpts:
In South Korea, Go is considered a form of expression akin to martial arts. Scholars study it full time in academies.
Watching Google’s AlphaGo AI eviscerate Korean grandmaster Lee Sedol put the nation into shock, especially after the national hero confidently predicted that he would sweep AlphaGo aside.
Jeong Ahram, a top Go journalist said, "Last night was very gloomy. Many people drank alcohol. Koreans are afraid that AI will destroy human history and human culture. It’s an emotional thing."
Sergey Brin said, "AlphaGo actually does have an intuition. It makes beautiful moves. It even creates more beautiful moves than most of us could think of."
Headlines stacked up in the South Korean press too: “The ‘Horrifying Evolution’ of Artificial Intelligence,” and “AlphaGo’s Victory… Spreading Artificial Intelligence ‘Phobia’.”
Lee Sedol said, "I don't think my defeat this time is a loss for humanity. It clearly shows my weaknesses, but not the weakness of all humanity."
Another older article.
http://archive.is/QZ1UC (Nature)