AlphaGo, a film charting the progress of the eponymous AI programme that defeated world Go champion Lee Sedol, has debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. The film, directed by DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman, is based on an interview with Google's chief scientist Demis Hassabis, who said he was "surprised" to see how well AlphaGo@@
AlphaGo, a film charting the progress of the eponymous AI programme that defeated world Go champion Lee Sedol, has debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. The film, which is directed by Greg Kohs, charts the stories of both the development team at Google DeepMind responsible for building and training the AI, and those of the Go players – including European champion Fan Hui and world champion Lee Sedol – as they grapple with the realisation that the AI has exceeded their expertise.