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AlphaGo - The Movie | Full award-winning documentary

Google DeepMind · 38.5M views · 2020-03-13 · 1:30:28

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Overview

Feature-length documentary following DeepMind's AlphaGo program as it prepares for and plays the 2016 match against Go champion Lee Sedol. It covers the team, the games, and the emotional reaction of the Go world to an AI beating a top human.

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HN commenters call it a moving, well-made human story about AI and Go that works for non-technical viewers and does not date.

Recommended by 10 HN people across 10 months · HN mentions 2020–2025

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What people said

joeyrideout · 2025-09 · Strong recommendation

I became interested in learning Go recently after watching the magnificent AlphaGo movie [1] which is free on YouTube. I highly recommend giving it a watch if you haven't already. [1] [VIDEO]

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redbell · 2025-04 · Strong recommendation

I consider AlphaGo - The Movie [1] to be a timeless classic that will never feel outdated. In my opinion, it surpasses even Hollywood productions, despite being based on true events and filmed live with real people. I'm ranking it as #2, though, because I still believe Steve Jobs' 2007 iPhone presentation [2] is the greatest live tech event ever captured on film. Hearing the crowd screaming when seeing some tricks and techniques ( eg. slide to unlock , pinch to zoom and scrolling up ) on how to use the phone does really triggers some haptic feedback in my heart because we are now so used to these tricks that were pure magic back then. ______________________________ 1. [VIDEO] 2. [LINK]

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alas44 · 2024-03 · Strong recommendation

Google's documentary on AlphaGo [VIDEO] Truly a must watch! (just look at the video comments to be convinced)

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