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David Lee Roth: "Go, man, go"

Rock 'n' roll legend David Lee Roth is "goin' to the world championships; Not monster truck. Not PBR. Not rodeo. All of it mixed into one: AlphaGo versus a human being." Former Van Halen front man Roth's most recent addition to his hit video webcast series "TheRothShow", features about 10 minutes of witty dialogue on go. In a witty, erudite stream of consciousness rap about go inspired by the recent AlphaGo versus Lee Sedol match, Roth -- who's been studying with Myungwan Kim 9P -- explains the "infinite variety" of the game that our "kids are gonna" play and our "grandkids are gonna be able to teach." Pointing out that go players develop their "intuitive capacity to look at something and find the solution in the board," Roth alludes to the challenges computers face in "divergent thinking" and calls the game "gymnastics for the brain." - Brian Kirby