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Ways To Think About AI in 2026 "Much that you have foretold has come to pass, at least with regards to my journey of artificial intelligence

In March 2016, AlphaGo, an AI specifically designed for the game, went up against Lee Sedol, an 18-time world champion. They played a five-game series watched by 200 million people. Lee Sedol lost the first game. In the second game, the computer made a perplexing move, Move 37, that commentators thought was a mistake at the time. But it proved pivotal in AlphaGo winning once again. By game four, Lee Sedol, having lost the previous three games, played a move that similarly baffled commentators and experts, Move 78. AlphaGo itself calculated the probability of a human playing Move 78 at 1 in 10,000. Lee won that game, the only game he won in the tournament.

Move 37 was baffling in the moment that it was played. It was a unique product of the alien computer intelligence that successfully undermined its human opponent. Move 37 is discussed with hype and adoration by AI enthusiasts today. Much less discussed is Move 78. Lee Sedol had been put on his back heels by losing three games in a row to the AI, effectively losing the tournament. The new intelligence he was up against forced him to think differently about how he played and marshal his own prowess differently. Another Go champion described Lee’s Move 78 as a "Divine Move" ("신의 한 수" in Korean). A Divine Move is one of career-defining brilliance that happens rarely for even the best players, if it happens at all. Being well matched by the AI in a field he was already world-class in made Lee even better at what he did, producing an innovative move that he is revered for among his peers.