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Watching the game and the commentary there's an eerie sensation that AlphaGo is just going along playing the petty local games with Lee Sedol. It's very anthrop
by alphydan 11y ago
Watching the game and the commentary there's an eerie sensation that AlphaGo is just going along playing the petty local games with Lee Sedol. It's very anthropocentric, but you could imagine AlphaGo saying "I could have crushed you from the start ... but I'll just play along and do that one move to give you the illusion that it was close".
But maybe it could have 40 of those moves to play an incredibly confusing game for humans. I think giving the machine a big handicap against pros might reveal it's true colours ...
- hasenj 11y agoIt was stated by one of the developers that AlphaGo doesn't play to maximize the number of points it wins by. It's satisfied to win by one point. It maximizes the probability of winning. It plays thick moves and tries to simplify the board. If the player forces it to a fight, it will fight back, but that's only because losing the fight will definitely lose the game.