Supercomputer defeats human intelligence

WASHINGTON, USA: We are so proud of the belief that machines can never match the analytical and logical thinking of a human brain. But here is a news that could transform this belief into a mere myth.

As per media reports, a French software called 'MoGo TITAN', which runs on the Dutch national supercomputer Huygens, has set a new world record by defeating two professional 'Go' players at the Taiwan Open 2009.

This is the second victory of Huygens playing Go against professional players. During the first two days of the event, the Go program MoGo TITAN sets two new world records by winning a 19x19 competition with a 7-stones handicap against the 9P dan professional Go player Jun-Xun Zhou, and a 19x19 competition with a 6-stones handicap against the 1P dan professional Go player Li-Chen Chien.

The Huygens supercomputer achieved its first victory in August 2008 at the 24th Annual Congress of the Go competition, held in Portland, Oregon when the 8P dan human Go professional Kim MyungWan was defeated in an official match with a 9-stones handicap, according to the report.

Go, a strategic board game for two players, originated in China, is a replacement of chess as a test bed for research in artificial intelligence.

Huygens, an IBM Power 575 Hydro-Cluster system, is the national supercomputer and located at SARA Computing and Networking Services in Amsterdam.

Defeating human intelligence is OK. But do you think it can defeat human emotions?