From AlphaGo to Every Profession: The Inevitable 'Lee Sedol Moment'
imjustnewatai · x · 2026-08-08
Reflecting on AlphaGo's famous 'Move 37', the author revisits the milestones of AI dominating human experts in games—from Deep Blue beating Kasparov to AlphaGo Zero defeating its predecessor 100-0 through pure self-play.
The article argues that games fell first because they offer clean, binary feedback (win/lose). As AI can now practice at unprecedented speeds and retain every lesson, fields like coding are approaching a similar tipping point. The author predicts that almost every cognitive profession will eventually face its own 'Lee Sedol moment', where experts stare at incomprehensible AI outputs, realizing the inevitability of an entity that cannot be defeated.
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