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It's important to note that the games were played on a fast-paced "blitz" time setting where AIs are particularly strong compared to humans.

I can already barely follow what is going on on the board, so I'm sure watching slower paced games against pros would be interesting.

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The games were played with 5 seconds per move for the computer and 30 seconds per move for the human. (Where unused time is lost, not saved).

I am not sure if slower time settings favoring the human is still true -- AlphaGo works a little bit differently from traditional computer go programs.

Earlier versions of AlphaGo against Fan Hui, the slower official matches were 5-0 in favor of AlphaGo, whereas in the unofficial blitz games, Fan Hui managed to win some games.

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