There's no comparison between the World Champion (9-dan pro) and the European Champion (2-dan pro). That would be like comparing World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen to an ordinary International Master. The Europeans have a long way to go before they play Go as well as the Koreans, Chinese, and Japanese. Maybe AlphaGo could, in this analogy, be compared to a weak Grandmaster but I am not certain of this. Fan Hui didn't seem to be taking the match seriously.
The wildcard is how much AlphaGo improves in the time between the two matches and whether Lee Sedol will have access to any of its games. Regarding the former, my guess is not nearly enough to win the match, let alone a single game.
There's no comparison between the World Champion (9-dan pro) and the European Champion (2-dan pro). That would be like comparing World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen to an ordinary International Master. The Europeans have a long way to go before they play Go as well as the Koreans, Chinese, and Japanese. Maybe AlphaGo could, in this analogy, be compared to a weak Grandmaster but I am not certain of this. Fan Hui didn't seem to be taking the match seriously.
The wildcard is how much AlphaGo improves in the time between the two matches and whether Lee Sedol will have access to any of its games. Regarding the former, my guess is not nearly enough to win the match, let alone a single game.
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