离题集 2026 Oracle Digressions 2026 第 03 篇 Section 03
二月 等待AlphaGo February: Waiting for AlphaGo
返回 离题集 2026 Back to Oracle Digressions 2026十年前的2016年3月12日是周六，植树节。我在围棋课上听到了当时幼小的心理无法理解的事情：14冠王、我的偶像李世石面对谷歌围棋人工智能AlphaGo连败两场，即将败第三场。
Ten years ago, March 12, 2016, was a Saturday—Arbor Day. In my Go class, I heard something that my young mind could not comprehend: Lee Sedol, the 14-time world champion and my idol, had lost two consecutive games to Google’s Go AI, AlphaGo, and was on the verge of losing a third.
朱老师在上课时频频蹙眉观战，后半节课直接看着手机摆李世石和AlphaGo的棋谱了，当时我依稀记得老师一边评价AI的棋太怪，一边批评李世石的棋下得过软……他满脸的不理解给我一种不可名状的恐惧。
Throughout the lesson, Teacher Zhu frequently furrowed his brows as he followed the match. During the second half of class, he stared straight at his phone while laying out the kifu of Lee Sedol versus AlphaGo on the board. I vaguely recall him remarking on how bizarre the AI’s moves were, while criticizing Lee Sedol for playing too softly… The look of utter incomprehension on his face instilled in me an indescribable dread.
16年之前也曾一直看到围棋AI发展的新闻，但都只是业余优秀棋手的水平，经常会看到某位日韩二线棋手轻松击败最新AI的新闻。那时候我以为时代的发展是线性的、渐进的，以为AI的发展没有几十年不会有大突破。
Before 2016, I had often seen news about the development of Go AIs, but they only played at the level of strong amateurs; news would frequently report some second-tier Japanese or Korean professional easily defeating the latest AI. Back then, I assumed the progression of the era was linear and incremental, believing that AI would not see major breakthroughs for decades.
这十年对我个人来说也是不断非线性跃迁的过程，回想起十年前的那个植树节只觉得恍如隔世。吴江棋院大楼旁的镇江小面还开着吗？朱老师还会在中午休息的时候给小朋友玩手机吗？依稀记得几年前听说他回上海教棋了。身体还健康吧？
For me personally, these past ten years have also been a process of continuous, non-linear quantum leaps. Looking back on that Arbor Day ten years ago feels like gazing into another lifetime. Is the Zhenjiang noodle shop next to the Wujiang Go Academy building still open? Does Teacher Zhu still let the kids play on his phone during the lunch break? I vaguely remember hearing a few years ago that he had returned to Shanghai to teach Go. Is his health still good?
我的人生总是在惶恐地期待着下一个“AlphaGo”的到来，谁也不知道届时究竟会发生什么，我能做的可能只有在人生暂时惬意的午后，努力打好眼前新的棋谱。
My life always seems to be apprehensively awaiting the arrival of the next “AlphaGo.” No one knows what will actually happen when the time comes. Perhaps all I can do is strive, on some temporarily pleasant afternoon in life, to work carefully through the new game records before me.