After listening to the crowd's discussions, General O'Neil roughly understood the current situation.
Although he did not know much about Go, he was more familiar with chess.
Moreover, the friends he made were mostly professional chess players.
Once, when he was chatting with those players, he heard someone mention the name of this Go player.
To be able to win so many championships in an international game like Go over the years, such a person could be considered as the most outstanding human in terms of intelligence, regardless of his experiences with the game itself.
Moreover, Go was extremely difficult. If Robot No. 1 really wanted to play against Yamashita Seishi, O'Neil could already see the outcome.
"Let's change the venue first," William said.
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Under William's lead, everyone came to the room.
"This is a place for everyone to relax and have fun. It can be used as our venue for this competition. The Go venue over there is ready," William introduced.
"William, when did you arrange this?" Joseph said as he glanced at him.
"When you went to contact General O'Neil, I wasn't idle either. I talked to Anderson and wanted to test the intelligence level of Robot No. 1. Ordinary calculations couldn't tell its level, so I had to find a real human with high intelligence to compete. Only then could I get a real result!"
After William finished his explanation, he looked at Yamashita Seishi who was in position not too far away with a hint of anticipation in his eyes.
Soon, under everyone's attention, Robot No. 1 sat across from Yamashita Seishi across the chessboard.
It sat on the chair and imitated Yamashita Seishi's manner, respectfully waving its hand.
"Shall we start now?" Anderson asked Yamashita Seishi. After all, this was the world Go champion. It was not easy to invite him over, so of course, he had to understand his thoughts.
"Sure, let's start now. I've been waiting for a long time. Before I came, William told me that you guys have developed a 'super artificial intelligence' that can compete with me. In Go, I haven't met an opponent of my skill level for a long time," said Yamashita Seishi slowly.
"Alright, since you're ready, let's start now." Anderson pressed the button on the machine in his hand.
On the surface of the machine, it was sitting still. However, the red lights in its eyes were constantly flashing.
At the next moment, Yamashita Seishi made a move. He picked up a black piece and placed it in the lower right corner of the chessboard.
Meanwhile, Robot No. 1 was still not moving but the data in Anderson's hand was constantly changing.
Obviously, Robot No. 1 was currently thinking.
Just yesterday, when the construction of Robot No. 1 was not completed, William had talked to him about this matter. He had put forward this idea at that time.
It just so happened that William had a good relationship with the world Go champion, Yamashita Seishi.
In order to compete with Yamashita Seishi, during the production of Robot No. 1, Anderson had already input a lot of Go knowledge into its system.
At the same time, William also communicated with Yamashita Seishi.
Finally, Robot No. 1 began its first move. It took a white piece and went to the other side of the chessboard.
"Huh?" When Yamashita Seishi saw this move, a surprised expression appeared in his eyes.
As for the rest of the people present, they basically had no idea about Go. They could only quietly wait for the result.
On the chessboard, the white and black pieces kept on crisscrossing.
Robot No. 1 and Yamashita Seishi moved their arms faster and faster.
The others were getting more and more confused, but also more and more nervous.
"How is it?"
"Who has the advantage now?"
"I don't understand."
"Sigh... I don't understand Go either."
"Then who knows the current situation?"
"Maybe we can ask Dr. William!"
"One of Dr. William's hobbies is playing Go. He might be able to understand it."
At this moment, William was fully focused on a huge projection screen.
The content projected on the screen was the match between Robot No. 1 and Yamashita Seishi.
At this moment, Dr. William also heard the other's discussions. He suddenly remembered that other than him, no one could not understand the battle of Go at all.
It seemed that he had to be a commentator this time.
"Go is a game of competing territories and now, Robot No. 1 is the underdog." William walked over and explained while pointing at the projection.
"A game of territory occupation? It clearly looks like the two of them are occupying almost the same territory!" one of the researchers said.
The others also nodded in agreement with the researcher's opinion.
William continued to explain, "Although the current situation doesn't seem to have much of a difference, you have to treat the two of them as if they were in a previous war."
"During the war, all the famous great lords would first carve out a domain around the edge of the map. Then, they would unite all the forces around this domain and build solid defensive castles at the same time. After that, they would continuously expand their forces and cover the center. Only such a territory could develop well. This is an encirclement development.
"Moreover, the city territory was built in the middle of the map from the very beginning. It's very easy to be attacked by enemies from all directions and be slowly devoured."
After listening to William's explanation, everyone looked at the chessboard again. It was as if they saw a war without any smoke, and they immediately understood the situation of the players from both sides.
"Then, from the very beginning, Robot No. 1 was in a passive position, wasn't it?" Assistant Jack said.
"Sigh... In the end, robots are still no match for human brains."
General O'Neil heard William's explanation and his eyes lit up with great interest. He muttered to himself, "So this is Go."
"So, Robot No. 1 is basically going to lose?" Jack asked.
"No, there are too many changes in Go. It's hard to see the results until the end. But from the looks of it, Robot No. 1 is in a defensive state," William continued to explain.
"The world Go champion has gained the advantage. This game is basically over!" Some researchers were obviously not optimistic about Robot No. 1.
In their opinion, unless Robot No. 1 gained the advantage in the beginning, it would not be able to put up a fight against Yamashita Seishi.
Even General O'Neil was not optimistic.
If this chessboard battle was really a war, how could a machine compare to a human's brain, let alone the current situation where the world champion still had the advantage.
At this time, if there was only one person who still had hope for Robot No. 1, it would be William.
Compared to the advantageous situation, William preferred the disadvantageous situation. Only the kind of reversal in the disadvantageous situation could give him a pleasant feeling comparable to solving an experimental problem.
"If I'm not wrong, the best step for Robot No. 1 right now is to 'fly'," William explained with clenched fists.