The ‘genius player’ who won a match of Go against Google’s artificial intelligence(AI)AlphaGo in 2016 also stuck out his tongue while playing a brain game.

Lee Sedol begins a difficult challenge by appearing on his first entertainment program.

He will appear in the Netflix entertainment program ‘Devil’s Plan - Deathroom ‘, which will be released simultaneously worldwide starting next month on the 6th.

‘ Devil’s Plan ‘is a brain survival program where 14 people from various professions, including celebrities, influencers, and ordinary people, gather together for 7 days and compete in a game.

In Season 1 of 2023, it ranked first in the domestic top 10 series and entered the top 10 rankings in a total of 23 countries.

Season 2, which has returned with a larger cast compared to Season 1, also features splendid appearances.

First, the participants include Lee Sedol, known as the’ Legend of Baduk ‘who won one match against AlphaGo, actor Justin H Lee, who appeared in Netflix’s ‘The Umbrella Academy’ and ‘Angry People’, Super Junior member Kyuhyun, former JTBC announcer Kang Ji-young who passed the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants(AICPA)certification exam, actress Yoon So-hee from KAIST and an early graduate of a science high school, professional poker player and music producer Seven High, college student Lee Seung-hyun who was Miss Korea and now lives in Seoul National University, influencer Jung Hyun-gyu, model Choi Hyun-joon who is currently attending KAIST, plastic surgeon Kim Ha-rin, 2021 International Physics Olympiad gold medalist Park Sang-yeon, corporate mergers and acquisitions(M & A)lawyer Son Eun-yu, and board game master Tino, who beat out a competition rate of over 1,000 people to make it as participants.

Among them, Lee Sedol, who is drawing attention, attended the production presentation held at Hotel Naru in Mapo-gu, Seoul on the 29th and said,“ ‘Devil’s Plan ‘was more difficult than Baduk, “and” I appeared because I thought it would be a good experience, and it was a good experience.”

He continued, “I felt like it was difficult and hard to play the game in a new environment, but as I played it, I realized that I was having fun and enjoying it.”

He said he didn’ t feel pressured by the worldwide attention.

Lee Sedol said, “I don’t really feel much pressure.I objectively know my abilities well and don’t overestimate them, so I don’t feel much pressure.” He added, “I realized that the production team put a lot of effort into the game from the set, and I think I was able to enjoy the game thanks to that.I hope you enjoy it and have fun.”

PD Jeong Jong-yeon, who was in charge of directing, said, “Lee Se-dol is someone who speaks really interestingly.Everyone had a hard time with Lee Se-dol, but he said a lot of ‘hitting the nail on the head’ things, so it was really funny.Please pay attention to Lee Se-dol’s mouth.”


Reporter Lee Jeong- annjoy@donga.com

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