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For those who missed what happened back then, the AlphaGo Movie is really worth watching: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXuK6gekU1Y https://www.youtube.com/wa

For those who missed what happened back then, the AlphaGo Movie is really worth watching: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXuK6gekU1Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXuK6gekU1Y Not very technical, not about Go tactics either, but it's just a very well-done movie about the people involved.

sdfghswe 3y ago
I found it very not worth watching. It seemed just Deepmind PR. Very little substance, it was just soap opera grade material. If a person likes soap operas, they could enjoy the movie.
- tekla 3y ago
  Only on HN will you see a recounting of a massive achievement of humankind dismissed offhandedly like this.
  - dragontamer 3y ago
    I'd say Zero Dark Thirty was a bad movie about a major and important event. Calling a movie bad doesn't diminish the original event. It just criticizes the movie itself.
    - yCombLinks 3y ago
      In the long run the development of AI is far more significant than relatively minor skirmishes of American Imperialism.
    - jasonwatkinspdx 3y ago
      Eh, the barb about "maybe you like soap operas" wasn't necessary and doesn't do the comment any favors.
      - sdfghswe 3y ago
        In that phrase when I said "you" I didn't mean the person I was responding to. I mean the "general you" - a hypothetical person. I didn't occur to me it could be interpreted differently. I've edited it.
    - cdelsolar 3y ago
      zero dark thirty was pretty good, what was wrong with it?
  - sdfghswe 3y ago
    > tekla 10 minutes ago https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=tekla https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=tekla > Only on HN will you see a recounting of a massive achievement of humankind dismissed offhandedly like this. I'm not dismissing an achievement of humankind. I'm dismissing the PR piece they put out about it. Do you struggle to see the distinction?
- melling 3y ago
  I’ve seen it twice. It was great. It is a documentary Sure, I’d like it if they discussed the algorithm and the code but you need to entertain a regular audience.
  - thefourthchime 3y ago
    Same, I've seen it twice. It's all about that moment when they realize that "mistake" and then, it's a "God" move, and they can't believe it. History was made in that moment. They realized computers can have intuition and think like they do. I started showing people ChatGPT when it first came out, they shrugged, they didn't get it. Most people still don't get how important generative AI is and will be. Eventually, they'll have that moment too.
    - TerrifiedMouse 3y ago
      > I started showing people ChatGPT when it first came out, they shrugged, they didn't get it. Most people still don't get how important generative AI is and will be. Eventually, they'll have that moment too. I have seen ChatGPT. Until they fix the error rate, I see it as a novelty. A toy you can’t count on nor offload responsibility to.
      - thefourthchime 3y ago
        I use it constantly throughout the day for my work. The error rate is fine; just like talking to a person. You have to assume that they are wrong sometimes.
        TerrifiedMouse 3y ago
        One difference between ChatGPT and people though is that when they don’t know something, the latter usually just tell you they don’t know while the former makes up BS.
        thefourthchime 3y ago
olddustytrail 3y ago
I enjoyed it too. Surprisingly good, considering it was basically about a computer program, they managed to make it a human story. (I wouldn't worry about the criticism from the know-nothings below; I doubt a single one has ever had the slightest involvement in making a film so they're just ignorant loudmouths)
- Doxin 3y ago
  It's a surprisingly engaging movie even if you don't care about Go or AlphaGo. Which is kind of impressive if you ask me. A movie that's worth watching if you don't care about the subject matter.
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sdfghswe 3y ago

I found it very not worth watching. It seemed just Deepmind PR. Very little substance, it was just soap opera grade material. If a person likes soap operas, they could enjoy the movie.

tekla 3y ago
Only on HN will you see a recounting of a massive achievement of humankind dismissed offhandedly like this.
- dragontamer 3y ago
  I'd say Zero Dark Thirty was a bad movie about a major and important event. Calling a movie bad doesn't diminish the original event. It just criticizes the movie itself.
  - yCombLinks 3y ago
    In the long run the development of AI is far more significant than relatively minor skirmishes of American Imperialism.
  - jasonwatkinspdx 3y ago
    Eh, the barb about "maybe you like soap operas" wasn't necessary and doesn't do the comment any favors.
    - sdfghswe 3y ago
      In that phrase when I said "you" I didn't mean the person I was responding to. I mean the "general you" - a hypothetical person. I didn't occur to me it could be interpreted differently. I've edited it.
  - cdelsolar 3y ago
    zero dark thirty was pretty good, what was wrong with it?
- sdfghswe 3y ago
  > tekla 10 minutes ago https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=tekla https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=tekla > Only on HN will you see a recounting of a massive achievement of humankind dismissed offhandedly like this. I'm not dismissing an achievement of humankind. I'm dismissing the PR piece they put out about it. Do you struggle to see the distinction?
melling 3y ago
I’ve seen it twice. It was great. It is a documentary Sure, I’d like it if they discussed the algorithm and the code but you need to entertain a regular audience.
- thefourthchime 3y ago
  Same, I've seen it twice. It's all about that moment when they realize that "mistake" and then, it's a "God" move, and they can't believe it. History was made in that moment. They realized computers can have intuition and think like they do. I started showing people ChatGPT when it first came out, they shrugged, they didn't get it. Most people still don't get how important generative AI is and will be. Eventually, they'll have that moment too.
  - TerrifiedMouse 3y ago
    > I started showing people ChatGPT when it first came out, they shrugged, they didn't get it. Most people still don't get how important generative AI is and will be. Eventually, they'll have that moment too. I have seen ChatGPT. Until they fix the error rate, I see it as a novelty. A toy you can’t count on nor offload responsibility to.
    - thefourthchime 3y ago
      I use it constantly throughout the day for my work. The error rate is fine; just like talking to a person. You have to assume that they are wrong sometimes.
      - TerrifiedMouse 3y ago
        One difference between ChatGPT and people though is that when they don’t know something, the latter usually just tell you they don’t know while the former makes up BS.
        thefourthchime 3y ago

olddustytrail 3y ago

I enjoyed it too. Surprisingly good, considering it was basically about a computer program, they managed to make it a human story. (I wouldn't worry about the criticism from the know-nothings below; I doubt a single one has ever had the slightest involvement in making a film so they're just ignorant loudmouths)

Doxin 3y ago
It's a surprisingly engaging movie even if you don't care about Go or AlphaGo. Which is kind of impressive if you ask me. A movie that's worth watching if you don't care about the subject matter.

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