History made: Go program MoGo beats professional player in 9-stone game

A 9-stone game means a 9-stone handicap, not a 9x9 board.

Ah, thanks.

Kurzweil was right. Looks like we just might live long enough to live forever after all.

As far as I'm aware this is the first time a Go program has been shown to play at or above Dan level at 19x19 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_ranks_and_ratings].

Isn't 9x9 Go substantially easier, computationally, from 19x19?

Yes, but this was a 19x19 game, you can see it on the screen in the background. The "9 stones" is referring to the computer's handicap

This proves at least one of two things: that computers can be more intelligent than people or that one doesn't need to be intelligent to play Go.