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Re:AlphaGo beats the world champion Lee Sedol in first of fi... by nsns on Wednesday March 09, 2016 @03:55AM (#11251757)
...it was the last stand of homo sapiens in the man vs machine...

But who made that machine?

I'd say a more precise evaluation would be that the ability to program a machine to assist in playing chess outdid the ability to play chess without such assistance.

Re:AlphaGo beats the world champion Lee Sedol in first of fi... by eru on Wednesday March 09, 2016 @05:39AM (#11252116)
Your point is entirely valid, but was already made by the very comment you are replying too..
Re:AlphaGo beats the world champion Lee Sedol in first of fi... by nsns on Wednesday March 09, 2016 @06:45AM (#11252348)
Indeed... Apologies to parent.