3 ms·

Both contestants use their opponent's time to think, naturally. I'm not sure what "frontload certain computations" means, but this arrangement sounds only fair

• jhall1468 9y ago
  AlphaGo calculates the most likely human moves when they play their turn, and focuses it's next play on the most likely outcomes. So as long as a human plays like a human, it's done a mountain of calculations on what it should do next based on what the human player is likely to do. That's kind of what happened with the huge move by Lee Sedol last year. AlphaGo calculated a 1/10000 chance for a human to make the move he did, so (A) it did little to prepare for it (B) it played its move prior to that BASED on the idea that Lee Sedol simply wasn't going to do what he did.
  • Radim 9y ago
    There's no difference between humans and AI in that regard. Everybody tries to read and analyze the most likely sequences (duh). Or I'm not sure what you're trying to say?
    • jhall1468 9y ago
      There is an ENORMOUS difference. A computer can read hundreds, if not millions of moves ahead. A human is incapable of reading more than maybe 1 or 2 moves ahead in Go and even that assumes AlphaGo is going to do what humans do, which it has proven it does not. I mean sure, if you broaden the term to the point that they both "do stuff", then yes, they do the same thing. But saying they try to "read an analyze" sequences is pointless. Of course both do that. But how they do it differs vastly, because AlphaGo can do things no human can. It's not just the depth in which it can do it.
      • Radim 9y ago
        Did anyone suggest AlphaGo and the human brain work identically? That sounds preposterous. I remain puzzled by your comments.