When the news came out!
All of Asia was in an uproar!
On Weibo.
"Challenging all of humanity?"
"Holy shit!"
"This American is too arrogant!"
"Didn't it just win against one person? What's there to brag about! "
"The crux is that it won against Chen Chi 9-dan. Old Chen is an American Chinese. Although he has never represented China in international competitions, he has given our national team a lot of trouble on the international stage. He is one of the best Go players in the world and is ranked in the top ten in the world. Don't you guys understand? If it were just an ordinary amateur Go player or an ordinary professional Go player, it would be fine if they were defeated by the artificial intelligence. But now, it was Chen Chi 9-dan who had been defeated, a complete 0-2 defeat! This news is too unbelievable! "
"It's just a machine. How can it be so powerful?"
"Yeah, Go is too complicated. How can an AI play it?"
"The Americans claim that this machine can think for itself."
"Surely not? Then wouldn't we be in big trouble? "
"Yeah, the entire Go world is facing a calamity!"
"No, it's not just the Go world. This is a catastrophe for humanity!"
"Intelligence is humanity's strongest and last line of defense. If humanity loses to a machine in the field of intelligence, then … the consequences will be unimaginable! This is too subversive! "
"Humans are inferior to machines? Damn! "
"Fuck! What bullshit Peter is this! "
"Right, let's show them the power of humanity!"
…
Japan.
The netizens were also exploding!
"Nani?"
"A challenge?"
"Doesn't it know that we have Shinji 9-dan?"
"This AI is overestimating itself!"
"Yes, let's teach them a lesson!"
"It wants to compete in intelligence with humans? What a joke! A machine is still far from that! "
"How can an intelligence designed by humans surpass that of humans?"
"But Chen Chi 9-dan has already lost!"
"He must have made a mistake!"
…
Korea.
“PETER？”
"It only won against one person and it dares to challenge all of humanity?"
"What an overconfident machine!"
"This is an insult to Go!"
"It's taking Go too lightly!"
"I don't believe that it can win. There are many players above Chen Chi 9-dan who are better than him. For example, Senior Park Yuhee, Shinji 9-dan, and even our Korean nation's great warrior — Xiang Rong 9-dan! I firmly believe that mankind's line of defense will not be destroyed by machines! "
"Ah? Isn't Xiang Rong 9-dan from China? "
"No, he's Korean. It's a long story …"
…
Things had gotten out of hand!
The news was overwhelming!
"The Challenge of Machines to Humans!"
"Can Humans Retain Their Last Dignity?"
"Peter — the strongest artificial intelligence in history!"
"A Thinking Machine!"
"Mankind Faces the Greatest Threat in History!"
"The International Go Organization Urgently Discusses Countermeasures!"
"Game between the machine and Chen Chi 9-dan exposed!"
In Asia, the popularity of Go was very high, and everyone was no stranger to playing against machines. Any Go software could basically be used to play against a computer. Businesses called this AI, but those who understood Go knew that it was not intelligent at all. Machines would make a lot of mistakes that normal Go experts would not make, and they would play a lot of inexplicable moves. Some Go beginners might lose frequently against computers, but for some high-level amateurs, they would basically be able to beat the computer. Moreover, most people did not really like playing against computers as there were too many bugs and it was too programmed.
But now, Peter had appeared out of nowhere!
This AI seemed to be completely different from the computer AIs of the past. It had completely defeated Chen Chi 9-dan. Even though a lot of people were scolding and looking down on it, they were actually quite nervous. That was because they could not figure out what this thing was or whether it could even think!
…
At home.
His sisters were also dumbfounded by what they were seeing!
When his parents heard about the news, they came over in shock.
His second sister blinked and said, "It's that powerful?"
His mother said in a half-understanding manner, "AI?"
His eldest sister paled slightly. "If Peter can really defeat all the top Go players in the world, doesn't that mean that machines will be able to replace human intelligence in the future?"
His third sister exclaimed, "That's too scary!"
Zhang Ye looked at the television but did not say anything.
His eldest sister wanted to hear Zhang Ye's opinion. "Bro, what do you think?"
A lot of people were caught off guard by this incident, including those at China Qiyuan. It was also a mess. Countless people were in a state of shock. Perhaps only Zhang Ye was able to keep his composure. Other than the parent company that developed Peter, he was probably the person in this world who understood this program the best!
Zhang Ye said, "It's impossible to say that it can think for itself."
His eldest sister asked doubtfully, "Really?"
Zhang Ye nodded and said, "But if it really is that thing that I know of, it'll really be very difficult for humans to beat it." In his previous world, AlphaGo was very famous. However, it had also attracted the attention of all of Asia. Even a top Go player like Li Shishi had lost to it. If Peter was really the same thing as AlphaGo, then the Go players of this world would have a headache.
This program was really too powerful!
It was definitely not like the computer AI of the past!
At this moment, another major event that caught the attention of all of Asia happened!
The AI Peter's challenge to all of humanity was finally answered!
All of Asia's television, newspapers, and the Internet suddenly broke the news at the same time!
Japan's top Go player, Shinji 9-dan, who was ranked in the top five in the world of Go this year, held a press conference in Japan to announce that he had accepted Peter's challenge!
The American company responded very quickly!
There was no nonsense!
There were no pleasantries either!
There were only eight words in their response: "In two days, we will battle it out in Tokyo!"
The battle was about to begin!
The Japanese had accepted the challenge!
Some people were worried!
Some people were excited!
This "war between humans and machines" had been hyped up!
…
His father said, "Shinji 9-dan? If he goes, he should be able to win, right? "
Zhang Ye shook his head and said with a smile, "It's hard to say."
His third sister said in surprise, "He can't win?"
Zhang Ye said, "I don't know about that. In any case, it's going to be very difficult."
His eldest sister clenched her teeth and said, "But there's still Xiang Rong 9-dan on the human side. If it really doesn't work, Xiang Rong 9-dan can still hold the last line of defense!"
"Right, Xiang Rong is very good!" His father also knew about him.
But Zhang Ye exclaimed, "Who?"
"Xiang Rong 9-dan!" His eldest sister said, "He's currently ranked number one in the world of Go. Bro, don't you know how to play Go? You don't even know him? "
Zhang Ye blinked. "That name sounds a little familiar. I think I've seen it somewhere before."
His father said, "Of course it sounds familiar. There's no one in this world who can play Go better than him. If you play against him, you won't be able to win even if you give him a handicap of 20 stones."
His eldest sister laughed and corrected him, "You'll have to give him a handicap of 30 stones."
There was such a good Go player in China?
Xiang Rong?
Xiang Rong?
Eh, where had he seen him before?
Zhang Ye had forgotten.
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