Seoul,Mar 10 (Prensa Latina) Google has confirmed its AlphaGo computer has taken another victory against human opponent and champion Lee Sedol.
It is the second of five matches pitting DeepMind's artificial intelligence program against the South Korean expert, with the winner taking home $1milllion (Âú706,388).AlphaGo won the first match by resignation after 186 moves.
While there are still three games left in the Challenge Match, this marks the first time in history that a computer program has defeated a top-ranked human Go player on a full 19x19 board with no handicap twice in a row.
The winner of the Challenge Match must win at least three of the five games in the tournament, so today's result does not set the final outcome. AlphaGo won the first match by resignation after 186 moves.
The next game will be March 12 at 1pm (4am GMT/8pm PT/11pm ET) Korea Standard Time, followed by games on March 13, and March 15.
Go has been described as one of the 'most complex games ever devised by man' and has trillions of possible moves, but Google recently stunned the world by announcing its AI software had beaten one of the game's grandmasters.
The program recently beat a Chinese grandmaster five games to nothing.
The game, which was first played in China and is far harder than chess, had been regarded as an outstanding 'grand challenge' for artificial intelligence - until now.
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