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Am I the only one reading this article with the take away that the ai is not his primary reason for retirement? I understand that the title has its own conclusi
by eyegor 7y ago
Am I the only one reading this article with the take away that the ai is not his primary reason for retirement? I understand that the title has its own conclusion but it seems overly sensational to me.
> He actually quit the KBA in May 2016 and is now suing the association for the return of his membership fee.
> "... [I] have something else to do," he said, asserting his only dream for now is to rest and spend time with his family.
Edit: Meant to include the part where he's planning a high profile set of games against another ai.
- dmix 7y agoHe was handed the perfect excuse.
- OiNG 7y agoFrom what ive been reading on online go communities, they seem to mostly agree with you. Lee's issues with the KBA are not a secret and he has discussed possibly retiring for some time now. He has given multiple reasons as to why he was considering retiring and while ai might be one of them, saying that its _the_ reason feels very clickbaity.
- kerkeslager 7y agoI've heard many times that people come to Hacker News because the comments are better than the articles. I have to say, I'm just continually puzzled by this. In this thread, yours is the only comment where it appears that the commenter read beyond the first few paragraphs. There are numerous comments by people speaking authoritatively on go and AlphaGo, who have clearly not studied either significantly.
- kkarakk 7y agoI think it's because few of us truly care that a "go master" exists and him stopping play isn't meaningfully important to rest of us.
- kerkeslager 7y agoOkay, but I come across this all the time on any topic I have some knowledge of: the articles might be bad, but the commentary and discussion is always much worse--it's clear to me that most commenters don't read the links. There are only a handful of commenters whose comments are worth reading.
- bonoboTP 7y agoIn a way what you describe is consistent. If people like the comments better than the articles, it's not so surprising that they like to spend time reading and writing comments instead of reading the articles.