AlphaGo
Poster
Directed byGreg Kohs
Production
companies
Moxie Pictures
Reel As Dirt
Distributed byNetflix
Release date
  • September 29, 2017 (2017-09-29)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
Languages
  • English
  • Korean

AlphaGo is a 2017 documentary directed by Greg Kohs about the Google DeepMind Challenge Match with top-ranked Go player Lee Sedol.[1][2]

Premise

The film presents how AlphaGo, a computer program developed by DeepMind Technologies, mastered the game of Go through artificial intelligence. Its competence was tested by Lee Sedol, a South Korean world champion.

Release

AlphaGo was released in New York City on September 29, 2017, and Los Angeles next month.[3]

Reception

Critical response

AlphaGo earned positive reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 100%, with an average score of 8/10, based on 10 reviews.[4] Charlotte O'Sullivan of Evening Standard gave the film 4 stars out of five, calling it a "gripping, emotional documentary, which gets us thinking, about thinking, in a whole new way".[5]

Accolades

Winner

Nominee

References

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  2. "'AlphaGo': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. September 29, 2017. Archived from the original on February 13, 2023. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  3. "Google AI defeats world's Go champion in gripping 'man vs. machine' film". cnn.com. September 29, 2017. Archived from the original on February 5, 2022. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  4. "AlphaGo". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on February 2, 2022. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  5. O'Sullivan, Charlotte (October 13, 2017). "AlphaGo, film review: It's the benign rise of the machines". Evening Standard. Archived from the original on February 5, 2022. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  6. "40 Years Strong: 2017-18 Annual Report" (PDF). denverfilm.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 4, 2023. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  7. "2018 New Media Film Festival Award Winners" (PDF). newmediafilmfestival.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 5, 2022. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  8. "TCFF XIII Award Winners". traversecityfilmfest.org. Archived from the original on February 5, 2022. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  9. "33rd Warsaw International Film Festival - 2017". wff.pl. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  10. "That's a wrap: The 17th annual Anchorage International Film Festival". anchoragepress.com. December 15, 2017. Archived from the original on February 5, 2022. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  11. "2nd Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards – List of Nominees and Winners – Critics Choice Awards". criticschoice.com. Archived from the original on June 4, 2023. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  12. "26th Philadelphia Film Festival" (PDF). filmadelphia.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 23, 2023. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
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