A piece for @kiblind_magazine, thanks a lot for the invitation ✨🤖 I wanted to use this issue’s "Robot" theme to talk about a thought I had regarding artificial intelligence. Recently, I watched a documentary on the Alpha Go AI. Alpha Go is a neural network programmed by Google to teach itself the ancient Japanese board game "Go". Go has always been regarded to be unmasterable for AI because of it's sheer endless complexity. To test their algorithm Google set up a show match between the grand master of go, Lee Sedol and Alpha Go. Of course the go-world excitedly watched the master of this game and the neural network step into the arena to test their skills. During game two of the series, there is a crucial moment, turn 37 by Alpha Go. The AI made a move, that was initially regarded as a clear mistake by the commentators and all experts alike, but later turned out to be a brilliant advance that ultimately led to the success of Alpha Go over Lee Sedol. Turn 37 was a revolutionary move, something unseen before in the ancient tradition of the game. The grand master himself later described it as sheer brilliance, a stroke of genius, a revelation, a true manifestation of beauty. This particular moment and it's perception by Lee Sedol is what fascinated me. The move itself is not inherently beautiful. For the algorithm, it was just the best move to make, a succession of mathematical calculations. The capability to see the beauty in this move though, the possibility to find something akin to the meaning of life in a go move, that is what I think is inherently beautiful. I think beauty is in the human capability to perceive beauty. Turn no. 37 to me represents a crucial challenge as well as chance we are faced in confrontation with artificial intelligence. These algorithms question our intelligence, our uniqueness, our value and core of our humanity. But through this challenge we might be able to understand even more so, what being a human might truly mean. ⚪️⚫️ . #kiblind #kiblindmagazine #robotillustration #leesedol #alphago #digitalillustration #illustrationartists #illustrative #illustrationow #illustree #illo #editorialillustration #gogame (hier: Paris, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvW09sZBG0N/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=e61hgwuuuiu9
