# AlphaGo Wasn't About Go. It Was About Method

- slug: alphago-wasnt-about-go-it-was-about-method
- date: 2026-03-30
- category: Artificial Intelligence

AlphaGo beat Lee Sedol a decade ago. The playbook it proved — learn, scale, self-play — runs inside every frontier model today. The cost of that bet is the part nobody talks about.

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