In the first game of his retirement baduk (go) match with Korean AI Handol, Lee Sedol found a bug in the AI – it failed to read a net and was forced to resign. Yay, Lee Sedol! You can watch game analysis on Go Pro… Read More
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Lee Sedol defeated again
Go champ Lee Sedol has been defeated for a second game in a row by the bot, AlphaGo. I stayed up last night for part of the game – it started at 11 PM, but I had to get to bed as I have to… Read More
Lee Sedol, modern-day John Henry
I suppose just about everyone in North America knows the John Henry story. In the annals of American folk tales in general and African-American folk tales more specifically it’s a big one. It’s a big one because it’s the story of the underdog. John Henry… Read More
Steel Driving Man
John Henry has to be one of the most recorded songs ever. The story is basically an American tall tale. Like so many of these folk tales, I can’t remember not knowing it. I think I knew it before I understood the story. John Henry… Read More
Steel-driving Man
A Steel-driving man is not the same as a man of steel. This song is about THE steel-driving man, John Henry. He was going to beat that steam drill through the mountain if it killed him, which it did….Great tune. Here’s an instrumental version played… Read More
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