China censored Google's AlphaGo match against world's best Go player

[Mattk50]

[QUOTE]DeepMind’s board game-playing AI, AlphaGo, may well have won its first game against the Go world number one, Ke Jie, from China – but but most Chinese viewers could not watch the match live.

The Chinese government had issued a censorship notice to broadcasters and online publishers, warning them against livestreaming Tuesday’s game, according to China Digital Times, a site that regularly posts such notices in the name of transparency.

“Regarding the go match between Ke Jie and AlphaGo, no website, without exception, may carry a livestream,” the notice read. “If one has been announced in advance, please immediately withdraw it.” The ban did not just cover video footage: outlets were banned from covering the match live in any way, including text commentary, social media, or push notifications.

It appears the government was concerned that 19-year-old Ke, who lost the first of three scheduled games by a razor-thin half-point margin, might have suffered a more damaging defeat that would hurt the national pride of a state which holds Go close to its heart.[/QUOTE]

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[Da Space Core]

Talk about being a sore loser

[AxeI]

[QUOTE]It appears the government was concerned that 19-year-old Ke, who lost the first of three scheduled games by a razor-thin half-point margin, might have suffered a more damaging defeat that would hurt the national pride of a state which holds Go close to its heart.[/QUOTE]
Nice display of national pride, Chinese government.
It doesn't exactly show faith in your poster child's capabilities. I know I would be somewhat disheartened if I was in the shoes of that Go player.

[Sableye]

nobody tell them nobody cares, that way they'll never see the robots coming

[peep]

8888 years of go, do you know it?

[IKTM]

[QUOTE=_Axel;52292624]Nice display of national pride, Chinese government.
It doesn't exactly show faith in your poster child's capabilities. I know I would be somewhat disheartened if I was in the shoes of that Go player.[/QUOTE]

Being "somewhat disheartened" is probably the least of the poor kid's worries.