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I have to think they've discussed that internally, and they probably just want to make sure alphago can win consistently, period, before they start playing arou

I have to think they've discussed that internally, and they probably just want to make sure alphago can win consistently, period, before they start playing around with allowing slightly riskier moves as long as the win probability stays sufficiently above 50%. (But how much more? You can't know ahead of time how much stronger you are than the other player that day, or you wouldn't be playing, at least not for money.) It's just like adjusting komi to give the human an advantage, right?

glandium 9y ago
An indirect way to do something similar-ish to what I was interested in would be to play with varying numbers of handicap stones with the current goal unchanged (maximizing probability of victory).
- sanxiyn 9y ago
  Actually, this mostly works. http://pasky.or.cz/go/dynkomi.pdf http://pasky.or.cz/go/dynkomi.pdf has details how to do so.