I really don’t want to play Go!

Chapter 509 The Day Go Died
Create a god!

What a taboo yet alluring word!

Burns was momentarily shaken, his breathing became rapid, and he asked in a trembling voice, "How long will it take to debug the fledgling? How long will it take to read all the game records?"

"Some details need to be fine-tuned, and the focus of computing power also needs to be improved. It will take some time, but after overcoming the most difficult problems, these problems are not so big."

The bald man answered without hesitation: "As for reading the entire game record... about a month."

"So……"

Bernstein paused, then continued, "How long will it take for the fledgling eagle to play against itself, learn on its own, break free from the shackles of human thinking, and surpass all human chess players?"

Upon hearing this, the bald man fell silent.

In the end, he shook his head and said, "Burns, I don't know, because that's like building a skyscraper from scratch."

"If you let it roam freely without deviating from the basic rules of Go, it will try some completely irrational moves, such as a move to the center point or a move to the nineteenth point. This process may be very slow or it may be faster than you can imagine."

The bald man hesitated for a moment, then slowly exhaled a breath of stale air and said, "Burns, to be honest, I'm starting to regret it a little, and I don't even really want that day to come."

Upon hearing the bald man's words, Burns paused slightly, frowned, and said, "Don't want to? Why? Do you know how much effort we've poured into Project Eagle?"

"After reading all the past chess records of humans and fixing the bugs of the fledgling eagle, the fledgling eagle should be extremely strong. It is the sum of all chess players. I think that the fledgling eagle is enough and should stop here."

The bald man took a deep breath and said, "Because reading human chess records is equivalent to inheriting human experience and intuition, at that time, although the fledgling eagle will be incredibly strong, it will be a strength that humans can understand."

"However, when the fledgling eagle completely abandons human chess records and starts from scratch in everything about Go, accumulating experience through game after game of self-play, then the fledgling eagle... no, the eagle will completely lose control!"

The bald man said in a strange tone, "Back then, every move the Eagle made was probably beyond our comprehension... I wouldn't be surprised if the Eagle thought that the center move was the right move."

"When we can no longer understand Go at all, is it still Go?"

"The four-thousand-year history of Go will be completely negated! Overturned! The persistence of all Go players over the past four thousand years may ultimately be nothing but a joke!"

Burns fell silent.

Is Go being completely negated?
Is the first move, Tianyuan, the correct solution?
Although his chess skills were not excellent, only at the beginner level, he was more proficient in coding, but he also knew how sensational this was.

And this possibility is real, and it's not small at all. As An Hongshi once said, if there are a hundred ways to play Go, he would barely know seven of them.

Go is too vast and too mysterious; even if a human spends a lifetime trying, it is impossible to decipher its secrets.

"While this possibility exists, it's not certain. Perhaps human players' understanding of Go was mostly correct, but they had problems with the details!"

Burns ultimately shook his head and said, "The foundation of Go has not necessarily been overthrown."

“Perhaps…but Burns, do we really want to break through this barrier? Do we really want to gamble? We live on a peaceful, ignorant island; perhaps we shouldn’t sail too far or explore too deeply.”

The bald man said in a somber tone, "If humans cannot understand, then who is right, humans or the eagles?"

"I can't explain it."

"If we judge heroes solely by success or failure, then of course it's the fledgling eagle, no, the majestic eagle. But what's terrifying is that if we really judge heroes by success or failure, even if the majestic eagle is wrong, we might not even be able to detect it!"

"This has already begun to emerge in this game of chess."

Burns pointed to the computer screen and said, "Even now, we don't understand why the fledglings thought that Black still had the advantage before Black made that move."

"This might be because our skill level is too low. Maybe Ander 9-dan can understand it... But what if Ander 9-dan can't understand it either?!"

Burns opened his mouth, but was speechless.

Indeed, perhaps a fledgling eagle can truly evolve into a majestic eagle, or perhaps a majestic eagle truly cannot be defeated.

But don't eagles make mistakes?
Not at all.

Because of all board games, only Go has an unpredictable number of variations. The total number of variations in Go is greater than the total number of atoms in the observable universe!

As long as the variations in Go continue, the eagle will never be invincible, but it will reach that level.

Burns sighed again: "If you don't even understand why it's right, how can you find out where it's wrong?"

"Since the variations in Go are impossible to calculate, the fledgling eagle must also make mistakes. But because it cannot be defeated, its mistakes are treated as correct!"

"All professional Go players will go crazy. The Go world will face a devastating disaster. Countless players will be eliminated, including American players like Burns."

"It is the most popular board game in the world. The only sport with higher popularity is football. It is the soil on which countless people depend for their livelihood. We cannot destroy it, nor should we destroy it."

"Go, as it stands today, is no longer just a game of chess, but a pursuit that is almost a Tao. For four thousand years, countless players have poured their hearts and souls into the game!"

"When the eagle truly appears, all the chess players' beliefs will crumble!"

Upon hearing this, Burns suddenly became agitated, his face flushed as he retorted, "So, you mean we should give up?"

"But you must understand, for thousands of years, haven't all Go players been searching for the answer to Go?!"

"The human species has its limits! To find the answer to Go, one must transcend humanity!"

"Without eagles, it's unknown how long it would take for humanity to approach the answer to Go! But with the appearance of eagles, we will undoubtedly approach the answer to Go much faster than ever before!"

"Furthermore, I believe that human chess players will not be so easily defeated. Human chess players will always be thinking about defeating the eagle and will never lose their fighting spirit! Because even the eagle is by no means perfect!"

The bald man demanded, "Really?!"

"If the strength is understandable, then human chess players will naturally not lose their fighting spirit. But if it has reached a level that is incomprehensible and undetectable, then their belief will collapse!"

"At first, some people might challenge this monster, but over time, no one will have the courage to challenge it anymore, and it will be impossible for anyone to defeat the eagle!"

"When the eagle spreads its wings, that will be the day Go dies!"

The bald man earnestly advised, "This can't go on any longer, Burns!"

“The Young Eagle project should stop after it has read all the past human chess records, completely upgraded the software and hardware, and fixed the bugs. It has reached the point where it can stop. It cannot continue.” “Reaching the level of Young Eagle is enough.”

"If Go were merely a niche sport like Shogi in Japan, it wouldn't matter, but it's not! It carries the dreams and lifelong pursuits of countless players, and its answers should be explored by humanity itself!"

"The appearance of the eagle is destroying it!"

"This Pandora's box is not one we can open."

"Moreover, we were originally only developing the fledgling project, and the soaring eagle project was not in our plans. This was just an unexpected variable."

silence.

A long silence.

Finally, Burns slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, nodded, and said, "I understand."

"Debug the Young Eagle Project, fix the known bugs, and let Ander 9-dan participate in the Young Eagle's combat training after he returns to China... Once the Young Eagle Project is confirmed to be successful, let's stop here."

After Burns finished speaking, he seemed to have aged several years.

Seeing Burns' appearance, the bald man was speechless for a moment.

He knew how much effort Burns had put into Project Eagle. In fact, Burns had the idea of ​​developing Go AI more than a decade ago. At that time, Burns had already conquered chess, Chinese chess and other board games and found their optimal solutions.

However, Go is different.

Even a genius like Burns could only kneel before the vast world of Go, ultimately forced to abandon his dream of "conquering" Go and instead adopt a "neural network" approach to get infinitely closer to conquering it.

Now, not only has the Young Eagle project made great progress, but even the "Eagle" that was originally just a concept has a clear direction, yet they have to give up. This is definitely a huge blow to Burns.

However, there is no way.

Go is not a competition for a small group of people, but a belief similar to the Tao.

The fledgling eagle is enough; even a fledgling eagle is bound to bring an unprecedented storm to the world. As for the eagles that rise above it... they should not exist.

"Tomorrow is the World Championship final. Without a doubt, this is the pinnacle of Go, and it will surely be recorded in the annals of Go history. Let's use the Young Eagle to do a synchronized review and analysis tomorrow," Burns said somewhat dejectedly.

"Ah."

The bald man sighed inwardly and nodded: "I think the fledgling eagle will give us a big surprise."

……

……

The Phoenix Cup World Championship, loser's bracket final, has ended.

As soon as the match ended, the entire internet was in an uproar, with countless related posts and reports emerging online, sparking heated discussions worldwide!
The winner of the Phoenix Cup World Championship loser's bracket has been decided!

Phoenix Cup: Can Su Yiming Create a Legend by Making a Comeback from the Losers' Bracket?

Su Yiming's Rematch with Yu Shao: A Lasting Love, A Fleeting Hatred!

"We are together; the path of chess is not lonely!"

"A stunningly incredible save that shocked the world, and how to decisively defeat it! Eight professional Go players provide a detailed analysis of the loser's bracket final!"

Who will emerge victorious in the World Championship Finals? Let's wait and see!

……

Major media outlets have begun to hype up tomorrow's World Championship Finals, and netizens have started frantically reposting today's matches and trending topics. Topics related to the World Championship Finals are constantly trending on social media in various countries.

Before the World Championship, almost no one thought that Yu Shao and Su Yiming would meet in the finals, and even fewer people thought that one of them would make it to the finals stage.

After all, this is the competitive stage representing the highest level of Go.

none of them!

Especially after Su Yiming fell into the loser's bracket in the second round of the double-elimination tournament, almost no one thought that Su Yiming could fight his way out and enter the finals.

After all, falling into the loser's bracket so early in the first or second round makes it almost impossible to go very far.

To everyone's surprise, Yu Shao overcame all his opponents in the winners' bracket and won the championship, securing his place in the world finals.

Su Yiming was even more astonishing. Although he fell into the loser's bracket early in the second round, he shockingly defeated Honinbo Shinga, An Hongshi, and Araki to become the loser's bracket champion. It was an amazing feat!
Especially in today's game between Su Yiming and Araki, which decided the loser's bracket champion, after Araki made that decisive move, everyone thought the outcome was already decided.

As it turned out, the game took an unexpected turn. Su Yiming, with his terrifying calculation skills that shook the world, ultimately turned the tide and saved the day, making a stunning victory and forcefully advancing into the world championship finals!

This scene was no less impressive than Yu Shao's world-shaking fifty-odd moves in the previous game between Yu Shao and Araki.

Therefore, everyone's emotions were stirred up!

Although Su Yiming lost to Yu Shao in the previous Twin Cup, and it seems that the Twin Cup has not been over for very long, everyone has a vague feeling that Su Yiming seems to be different from before on this world stage.

Or rather, a transformation!

From the Yingjiao Cup final to the Gemini Cup, the two are about to meet again on this stage that symbolizes the highest honor in Go, which evokes a sense of shock and emotion in everyone.

Phoenix Seeks Its Mate at the Phoenix Cup!
The seven words used in the headline of a certain media report are perfectly apt!

And now——

This long, intense, tense, and exciting world championship has finally reached the moment of judgment, when the final verdict will be handed down!

Many online posts are predicting the outcome of this match, but the most popular post is actually one that simply details the differences in the two players' playing styles.

The poster believes that the two players have very different playing styles. One is more balanced, while the other pursues external influence. One is good at planning the overall development, while the other is skilled at fighting hard in the cracks. One has unique ideas and often makes unpredictable moves, while the other is imaginative and often makes amazing moves.

Below the post, some people supported Yu Shao and thought he would win, while others supported Su Yiming. The predictions for the outcome of the two contestants were surprisingly evenly matched!
But no one doubted that this would be a battle of epic proportions!
This may also be the strongest battle between the two of them to date!
(End of this chapter)