>“Losing to A.I., in a sense, meant my entire world was collapsing,” he said in a recent interview with The New York Times.
>Mr. Lee had a hard time accepting the defeat. What he regarded as an art form, an extension of a player’s own personality and style, was now cast aside for an algorithm’s ruthless efficiency.
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He also retired 3 years later and has had some time to reflect on the situation.
For people whose sole source of identity is their job/profession, Lee Saedol is a cautionary tale.
What used to take a dedicated research team and millions of dollars of compute (to play professional go), can now be done with a sub $1 gpt4 call (to do something like make strategy slides).
>“Losing to A.I., in a sense, meant my entire world was collapsing,” he said in a recent interview with The New York Times.
>Mr. Lee had a hard time accepting the defeat. What he regarded as an art form, an extension of a player’s own personality and style, was now cast aside for an algorithm’s ruthless efficiency. --------
He also retired 3 years later and has had some time to reflect on the situation.
For people whose sole source of identity is their job/profession, Lee Saedol is a cautionary tale.
What used to take a dedicated research team and millions of dollars of compute (to play professional go), can now be done with a sub $1 gpt4 call (to do something like make strategy slides).