Question

In 2016, will an AI player beat a professionally ranked human in the ancient game of Go?

Resolved:Yes

21 comments21

Total Forecasters131

Community Prediction

90%

(77% - 96%)

Make a Prediction

50%

community: 90%

Did this actually happen?Yes

Community Peer Score

26.7

Authors:

Adrian

Opened:

Dec 22, 2015

Closes:

Mar 1, 2016

Resolves:

Mar 15, 2016

Spot Scoring Time:

Dec 24, 2015

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