AlphaGo
A gripping documentary turns a historic Go match between Lee Se-dol and AlphaGo into a moving inquiry into intelligence, creativity, and what makes us human.
Overview
Witness the clash of human intellect and artificial intelligence in a historic showdown.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- None
- gripping
- emotional
- reflective
- thoughtful evening
- technology film night
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the documentary as gripping, emotional, and intellectually accessible, using the historic Go match to provoke fresh thinking about artificial intelligence and humanity.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film follows DeepMind researchers and the Seoul match while translating Go strategy and artificial intelligence concepts for general audiences.
The Google DeepMind Challenge Match between Lee Se-dol and AlphaGo drives questions about intelligence, creativity, and humanity.
Go board configurations, coding terminals, and the scale of machine analysis are presented as cinematic elements rather than merely technical details.
The film places 3,000-year-old Go and its South Korean master in dialogue with DeepMind's international scientific and engineering community.
Films like AlphaGo, and why
The Social Dilemma
technology documentary that turns a high-stakes human-versus-machine contest into an accessible reflection on artificial intelligence and human creativity
Free Solo
gripping sports documentary built around an unusually consequential competition, expert personalities, and strategic pressure
The Last Dance
intimate documentary portrait of elite strategic competition that connects technical mastery with personal identity and emotion
Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
thoughtful documentary about artificial intelligence, technological change, and the human implications of machine intelligence
Movie Details
- Director
- Greg Kohs
- Release Date
- 2017-09-29
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Rating
- 7.7 / 10 (164)
Cast
- Lee Se-dol
- Demis Hassabis
- David Silver
- Aja Huang
- Fan Hui
- Frank Lantz
- Cade Metz
- Martin Rees
- Maddy Leach
- Nam Chi Hyung
Common questions
- What is AlphaGo about?
- A gripping documentary turns a historic Go match between Lee Se-dol and AlphaGo into a moving inquiry into intelligence, creativity, and what makes us human.
- What is AlphaGo like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of AlphaGo as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is AlphaGo violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in AlphaGo.
- What did critics think of AlphaGo?
- Critics broadly praised the documentary as gripping, emotional, and intellectually accessible, using the historic Go match to provoke fresh thinking about artificial intelligence and humanity.
- Which films are like AlphaGo?
- Films with a similar feel include The Social Dilemma, Free Solo, The Last Dance, and Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World.
- How long is AlphaGo?
- AlphaGo runs 90 minutes.
