Chapter 2: The Receding Horizon
A Go game and a broken American dream reveal why the right move depends on the whole board.
Chapter 1: The Twilight of the Gods
How AlphaGo shattered the Go world, humbled Lee Sedol, and forced players to rethink the meaning of Go in the age of AI.
Infinity on the Tip of Your Finger. Introduction: The Brain’s Last Stand
A sharp introduction to why Go seemed beyond machines for so long, from Deep Blue and Kasparov to the vast complexity that made AlphaGo feel impossibl…