Defeated by A.I., a Legend in the Board Game Go Warns: Get Ready for What’s Next
Lee Saedol was one of the world’s top Go players, and his shocking loss to an A.I. opponent was a harbinger of a new, unsettling era. “It may not be a happy ending,” he says.
By Daisuke Wakabayashi and
![When an A.I. opponent defeated Lee Saedol, one of the world’s top Go players, it was seen as a harbinger of a new era for human-machine interactions.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static01.nyt.com/images/2024/06/18/multimedia/00korea-ai1-pwzf/00korea-ai1-pwzf-videoLarge.jpg?auto=webp)