CGTN独家专访柯洁：“阿法狗对于我来说是上帝般的存在“| Ke Jie tells CGTN: Weiqi is fun!

Ke Jie vs. AlphaGo

2017年5月27日，在中国乌镇，世界顶尖围棋手柯洁0-3惜败人工智能AlphaGo。

“我知道大家在内心里都认为我输，但我不会轻易认输。”

赛前，一面是人类的天才少年棋手，一面是AlphaGo这样一款几近“无懈可击”的机器对手，世人似乎在内心早已默认了这场比赛的结局。可这个年仅19岁的少年，却依然选择迎战，因为这一次，他代表的是整个人类——整个人类文明想在人机对战史上扳回一局、反击人工智能的决心。

有过焦虑，有过忐忑，甚至也曾因“它太过完美，我看不到希望”而哭泣。柯洁，人们总是乐于谈及他的荣耀与成就，却忘了，他也只是一个会哭鼻子、会难过、会有低谷的少年。

是的，0-3柯洁败了，但赢的，却依然是人类——这个结果提醒人类重新评估自己的能力，督促人类重新审视这个宇宙”

成功能让人站得更高，但唯有失败才能让人成长。世人莫笑少年郎。柯洁，请不要为自己哭泣！

Ke Jie, the world's best weiqi (Go) player, cried after losing 0-3 to the artificial intelligence program AlphaGo.

He took off his glasses and wiped his eyes. But he's happy to see the world focus on his beloved sport.

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"AlphaGo is so perfect," Ke said during an exclusive interview with CGTN on Saturday. "It's just flawless, and merciless."

Ke Jie appears frustrated during the match. /CGTN Photo

However, Ke appeared regretful when talking about Saturday's match -- his third consecutive defeat.

"My start to today's game was horrible, and I've no way to fix that up," Ke said. "The gap between me and AlphaGo is too huge -- I can't catch it up in my lifetime." 

The AlphaGo team has released 10 matches the machine played with itself. The matches made Ke exasperated.

"I saw the 10 matches AlphaGo played with itself. First impression: I don't understand it," Ke told CGTN.

The star player did not talk much about future. He needed some rest, after the high-profile matches.

Ke Jie shares his thoughts on this match. /CGTN Photo

"I need some time to recover from the shock. I collapsed. Not the collapse people joke about on the Internet. It's a real collapse," Ke said.

"Let AlphaGo explore the weiqi universe. I'll just sit in my own world and have fun."

But the top weiqi player won't give up.

"I know no one who has experienced this much before 20 years old like me. I had a good beginning in my life. I'm happy with that," Ke told CGTN.

Ke's passion for weiqi has not wavered. He wants to tell everyone that weiqi is fun, and contrary to the stereotype, it's easy to learn.

"Weiqi is not only for smart people. You can see clearly that I'm not a smart person. No smart person will bluff on the Internet like me, right?"

'Meaningless match'

"I don't think the match has any meaning because the huge capability gap between the two sides left no doubt who will win,” said Nie Weiping, vice president of the Chinese Weiqi Association, and a Chinese weiqi legend, "it's like a race competition, in which we human players are like a bike or car, but AlphaGo is a plane, or even a spacecraft."

Nie reckoned AlphaGo should be a coach for weiqi players as there is much to learn from the AI program's unusual moves in the three matches.

"I believe AlphaGo should be a coach for our professional players as a master to improve our capacity," he told CGTN in an exclusive interview right before going on the commenters' stage this morning.

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No more AlphaGo

Ke and Hassabis pose for a picture holding a weiqi board signed by both. /Web Photo

On the AI side, leader of the AlphaGo team Demis Hassabis told reporters that more research about the algorithm will be published to help people decode the ancient Chinese game.

But AlphaGo itself will retire as a weiqi player, according to Hassabis.

The team also promised to release 50 records of AlphaGo's match against itself. Ten of the records are already available on the team's website.

After reviewing the 10 records, Ke Jie said, "They are hard to comprehend. The matches belong to the future."