Money Likes Me Too - Chapter 48



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Episode 48.

The undefeated legend who conquered the world, national player Lee Sam-jin, 9th dan, was a person with an open mind.

‘Hello for the first time. I am Kang Si-Hyeon.’

It was a while ago.

I suddenly received a call from someone who claimed to be the CEO of Cocoa. He said he wanted to meet me and talk to me.

I readily accepted.

It’s CocoaTalk, which every Korean uses. There’s no way that the CEO of such a company would ask to meet him for something so trivial.

At that meeting, I heard something that was difficult to understand. It was a somewhat odd request to play a game of Go with an artificial intelligence program.

“Not a person, but an artificial intelligence?”

There was nothing new about the Go program itself.

There are already numerous baduk programs in the world. It is at a level where even amateurs, let alone professionals, cannot easily surpass it. I have lived my life thinking that it has nothing to do with me.

But what about a map?

Are you saying that the program is a living person?

To that question, Kang Si-hyeon answered like this.

“AlphaDuk is not just any program. It is a real artificial intelligence that learns and strengthens itself. The process is called machine learning. This is why we need Mr. Lee Sam-jin.”

He also added that Alphaduc currently has Lin Hui 2-dan in overwhelming power. This explanation was made on the condition of keeping it a secret.

It was an even more unbelievable statement.

Even though Europe is a wasteland, he is still a proud winner of a continental championship. A mere artificial intelligence beat a professional player? And what’s worse, he didn’t allow him to win even once?

It was something I had never heard or seen before.

“You’re not lying, are you?”

“Of course.”

Well, if I didn’t want to believe it, I wouldn’t have listened to the end. There was no need to think about it for long.

“Okay. It might be a really valuable experience to have the experience of becoming a computer master. I like it. I’ll accept.”

He accepted without hesitation.

“Thank you, Noodles.”

“you’re welcome.”

“Now that you have accepted, I would like to talk about the specifics. In particular, about compensation.”

At this time, Lee Sam-jin did not know that the story was just beginning.

‘He really is a good person.’

Lee Sam-jin, 9th Dan, was an honest and straightforward person. I thought it would be a difficult request to accept, but the hurdle was lower than I thought.

The real story remained. It was the story of the money (spending) that had been waiting.

“For now, I’m going to do the maintenance like this.”

As he was saying this, he was about to take out the contract and the confidentiality agreement, but Lee Sam-jin stopped him.

“If the level of artificial intelligence is that high as you say, I’m satisfied with just the experience. I don’t mind even if the money is at the level of a part-time job. It’s a meaningful contribution to human history.”

It’s as rumored. It’s an aggressive atmosphere. But it’s crossed the line.

“This is going to be a big problem. This is the level of a part-time job.”

I flatly refused.

“sure?”

“That is impossible. I cannot accept it. I strongly demand a one-game fee of 10 million won.”

“No, my goodness. That’s too greedy.”

“If you keep doing that, I might raise it even more. I’m not just going to give it to you, Mr. Noodles. I’m also going to receive a reasonable fee for the 100 minutes of articles recommended by the Origin Association. There’s no such thing as a free lunch in capitalism, Mr. Noodles.”

This ninth dan was left speechless by my firm words.

It was a trap.

He used other articles as bait. The average annual salary of articles belonging to the association is less than 30 million won. He said that it would be better to hold a blank sheet of paper. Lee Sam-jin, who was trying to get away alone like a quiet person, fell for the trick.

Eventually he nodded.

‘What can you do with this much?’

I was planning to spend at least 20 billion.

I also got a justification.

The purpose was to promote the development of AlphaDuk and the artificial intelligence industry, and to support the stagnant Korean Baduk industry. It was a clever move that killed two birds with one stone: spending money and improving AlphaDuk’s performance.

The sad face of a manager flashed before my eyes.

‘You didn’t know this kind of thing?’

I sighed at the thought of having to pay the bills while spending my own money.

***

It would be long to explain Alphaduk’s learning principles. It is largely divided into supervised learning and reinforcement learning.

The former is Alphaduck learning on its own by looking at the records. The data is 150,000, and the same for both the Google Center and Jeju Center. The latter is Alphaduck competing against independent instances within the game. It is a simulation.

Here I added one more level of map power of actual knights.

Why did you do that?

Of course it’s because of money.

‘If 100 people play one game a day, how much is that?’

In one month, it’ll be 3,000 countries, and in five months, it’ll be 15,000 countries. The match fees alone will cost a lot of money. When Alan first heard about my plan, he was surprised.

‘No, Mr. Kang. There’s no need to go this far.’

I ended up laughing.

Things moved quickly after that.

First, an online match system that is connected to Alphaduk 24 hours a day was installed at the home of Lee Sam-jin, 9th Dan. Dozens of machines were also brought to the association. A confidentiality agreement was obtained from all of the affiliated players.

“You must not rest even for a single day.”

The knights visited the association without fail every day. One of them played five games a day and eventually got a bad rap. The money was paid without fail, of course.

Five months have passed.

“I think this is it.”

By the end of the twenty-first match, Alphaduk’s ‘master’, Lee Sam-jin, 9-dan, had clearly admitted that his student had surpassed him.

The record is 3 wins and 18 losses.

It must have hurt my pride, but I accepted it humbly. He was a cool guy.

Jeju Alpha Duck’s growth did not stop there.

When the simulation with himself exceeded 10 million countries, he finally crossed the Pacific Ocean and met Google AlphaDuck. A fierce battle unfolded between the two.

With a 90% win rate, it was a complete victory for Jeju Alpha Duck.

“What on earth happened on this small island (Jeju Island)? They both started with exactly the same algorithm.”

Even Alan had no choice but to acknowledge our victory.

The growth rate was truly dazzling. In the end, I had no choice but to bring forward the end of Alphaduk’s learning period, which had been set to end next year, by a year to the end of this year. I was disappointed that I couldn’t spend more money.

“What happens when it’s over?”

“It needs to be revealed to the world.”

Alan Davis, who came to Korea to see Jeju Alpha Duck, said indifferently.

“In what way?”

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I asked. I was curious.

“Whether it’s soccer or baseball, the world’s attention is focused on the winning and losing sports. Alpha Go is no different. Now is the time to set up a real stage and compete against real Go players. With the whole world watching.”

Challenge Day, that’s what Alan called the day.

“The question is who you fight.”

First of all, Korean articles are excluded. Many articles belonging to the association have already been exposed to Alphaduk. Then, the only ones left are Japan and China.

Alan shouted as he left Jeju Island.

“I will take care of this matter. Mr. Kang, you just watch. But I promise you this one thing. The player who will be on our side on Challenge Day is none other than Jeju Alphaduk, who is here.”

***

At that time, there was a person who came to visit Chairman Li Hongyan of Maidu in Shanghai, China.

“Mr. Chairman, this is Kehai.”

“Come in.”

He was close with Ke Hai, the 9th dan, the number one ranked Go player in China. They met and played a game of Go together occasionally.

The two sat facing each other across a spacious table.

“I have something to tell you. Chairman, please take a look at this first.”

It was a letter in English.

‘Google Cocoa AlphaMind Challenge 2014?’

It was an invitation with a long name.

It was a de facto challenge. The content included a story about Kehai and the Go AI they had created, ‘AlphaDuk’, competing in a best-of-five, three-win match in a public place. After reading it, Li Hongyan sighed.

“Are you the only one who received it?”

“No. They didn’t say anything, but some people seemed to have noticed. Mr. Chairman, what should I do?”

I was a layman when it came to IT technology. I couldn’t make a decision.

If you go out and lose, it will be a lifelong embarrassment. But you can’t just sit still. If you were to risk your life and someone with a lower ranking than you wins, that would be a shame in its own way.

It was a one-sided affair.

That was why I came to seek advice from Li Hongyan, an expert in this field.

“wait for a sec.”

Li Hongyan called his secretary and asked for the executive in charge of artificial intelligence.

“Chairman. Have you found it?”

After a while, Liu Xiaojun came in with a nervous expression. Li Hongyan told him the story that Ke Hai had told him.

“Is that true?”

“Are you asking me? Don’t you think the story is a bit reversed?”

“I’m sorry, Mr. Chairman.”

He pondered the answer.

The development of artificial intelligence for Go was not a secret, if you think about it. Silicon Valley is a virtue of openness. The only problem in this fight is who will be the first to acquire the skills to publicly announce it.

Is Google already that capable? Liu Xiaojun was skeptical.

“I predict that it will be at least 2015. The AI ​​in Go is still in its infancy. It is still far from being able to compete with professional players.”

“Then how do you explain this invitation?”

“That, that’s it.”

After thinking for a while, I came up with an answer.

“It was this spring that a research paper explaining the basics of developing artificial intelligence for Go was published. That was only five or six months ago. Unless you were running 10,000 to 20,000 GPUs, you would have absolutely run out of time. It’s impossible. No matter how much I think about it.”

Meanwhile, Liu Xiaojun predicted that Google might be trying to create some sort of publicity effect by showing AI being defeated.

It was complete bullshit.

But there was no other interpretation. The fact that he could only think of it that way confused him.

“Are you sure?”

Li Hongyan urged.

“······Yes.”

“So what you’re saying is that Kehai will definitely win?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

Anyway, I’ve already ridden the tiger. Now I can’t change my words. If you have confidence, you become confident.

“Okay. Trust me.”

Li Hongyan’s face turned towards Ke Hai.

“Actually, we are also developing an AI for Go. However, compared to you, Kehai, you are still a beginner. The same goes for Alphaduk. How about just fighting for experience? Win one or three games, and if you get tired of it, give up one or two points. Isn’t that showmanship?”

He added:

“Now that it’s clear that you’re going to win, we can’t let Google monopolize this festival. We need to up the ante.”

***

A month later, the International Network Conference was held in Shanghai. Google Chairman Eric Schumpeter was invited as a public speaker. His counterpart was Li Hongyan of Maidu.

It was before the event started.

The two took their seats on the stage. Li Hongyan spoke first after confirming that the microphone was off.

“Hello, Mr. Schumpeter. No, Eric.”

“Jason, it’s been a while.”

Jason was Li Hongyan’s English name.

“Google started something interesting without me knowing.”

“yes?”

“I’m talking about Alpha Duck. You’re taking on a challenge. And against our Chinese pride, the ‘Iron-Blooded’ Kehai.”

Eric stroked his head. He remembered. He had received a report from Alan. They were both baduk enthusiasts. They had been waiting for that day.

It was an important moment, but it was also a fun event.

Only Li Hongyan thought differently.

“It’s Chinese Go with a history of thousands of years. Do you think it can be defeated by mere computer technology? I’m not doubting the development of artificial intelligence. I’m just worried that Google may have popped the champagne early.”

“Thank you so much for your concern.”

“Don’t worry about the box office. I have made a special request to my superiors. Please lift the Google blocking throughout China at that time. Shouldn’t we Chinese people also participate in this historic moment?”

It was a public speech. Eric just nodded without answering.

“Can I suggest one more thing?”

Li Hongyan said.

“Please speak.”

“Let’s make a bet between the two of us.”

“Want a bet?”

“It’s simple. Ten million dollars each. Whoever wins takes it all. How about that? We pay in Bitcoin. Doesn’t that sound more fun?”

“Both of you, please get ready!”

The staff shouted, “The talk will start in one minute.” Eric responded quickly.

“I’m fine with that too.”

He added one more word.

“I also have one condition. If we win, you should pay the stakes to Mr. Kang Si-Hyeon of Cocoa Labs. After all, our opponent in this match is Cocoa’s Jeju Alphaduk.”

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