uk Wednesday 03 January 2018 Advertisement Google AlphaGo 'can’t beat me' says China Go grandmaster Teenage world number one Ke Jie says he wants to play against the British-built programme, which is currently beating South Korean veteran Lee Se-dol Google DeepMind Challenge Match Google DeepMind Challenge Match. Google's artificial intelligence (AI) program AlphaGo beat top-class South Korean Go player Lee Se-dol in the ancient board game Go Neil Connor By Neil Connor, Beijing 11:34AM GMT 11 Mar 2016 Follow A Chinese teenage prodigy in the board game Go has labelled Google’s AlphaGo “weaker” than him and confidently declared that he could take on the computer programme. “Even if AlphaGo can defeat Lee Se-dol, it can’t beat me,” 18-year-old Ke Jie said on his microblog account, as the programme stunned the world with two victories over the South Korean grandmaster this week. -- ” Mr Ke has beaten 33-year-old Mr Lee eight times over ten matches between the pair, with two of his victories over the world number four coming earlier this year. Go Fans watch a TV screen showing the live broadcast of the Google DeepMind Challenge Match at Yongsan Electronic Technology Land in Seoul, South Korea Go Fans watch a TV screen showing the live broadcast of the Google DeepMind Challenge Match at Yongsan Electronic Technology Land in Seoul, South Korea, as Google's artificial intelligence (AI) program AlphaGo beat top-class South Korean Go player Lee Se-dol in the ancient board game Go. Photo: Alamy Xinhua said Google Deepmind’s CEO Demis Hassabis is willing for Mr Ke to lined up as AlphaGo’s next opponent. -- “I don’t want AlphaGo to copy my style. ” AlphaGo’s first victory over Mr Lee on Wednesday was seen as a watershed moment for artificial intelligence, and the program went 2-0 ahead in the five game series a day later. The third match takes place in Seoul on Saturday.