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10 HN recommenders · recommended in 12 months, 2020–2025
1:30:28 · 39M views · Mar 13, 2020
Feature-length documentary following DeepMind's AlphaGo program as it prepares for and plays the 2016 match against Go champion Lee Sedol. It covers the team, the games, and the emotional reaction of the Go world to an AI beating a top human.
HN commenters call it a moving, well-made human story about AI and Go that works for non-technical viewers and does not date.
13 comments from Hacker News
I consider AlphaGo - The Movie [1] to be a timeless classic that will never feel outdated. In my opinion, it surpasses even Hollywood productions, despite being based on true events and filmed live with real people. I'm ranking it as #2, though, because I still believe Steve Jobs' 2007 iPhone presentation [2] is the greatest live tech event ever captured on film. Hearing the crowd screaming when seeing some tricks and techniques ( eg. slide to unlock , pinch to zoom and scrolling up ) on how to use the phone does really triggers some haptic feedback in my heart because we are now so used to these tricks that were pure magic back then. ______________________________ 1. this video 2. [LINK]
As a long-time Go player and ML guy who even built his own (albeit shitty) Go AI in college, I'm a bit biased, but watching the AlphaGo-Lee Sedol match really felt like watching our generation's moon landing. If y'all haven't already, there's a new AlphaGo documentary made by DeepMind on YT: this video . Brought tears to my eyes. Both a triumph for humanity in building an unbelievable machine like this, and a loss for humanity in that the infinite mystery of Go will be diminished, and again a triumph for humanity in Lee Sedol's brilliant win in Game 4...
If you haven't seen it, the documentary on DeepMind's AlphaGo is very well done. The climax revolves around the AI expressing what we humans call "creativity" in a match against decorated player Lee Sedol. Watching Lee Sedol's reaction is deeply moving. Free to watch on YouTube: this video
I became interested in learning Go recently after watching the magnificent AlphaGo movie [1] which is free on YouTube. I highly recommend giving it a watch if you haven't already. [1] this video
I remember first discovering the game of Go, after watching the AlphaGo Documentary [1]. I highly recommend it, will definitely be signing up for this, I usually play on mobile :) [1] this video