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>"since then computers have continued to become exponentially faster, and today humanity’s best Chess players are likely no match for programs you can run on yo
by glaberficken 9y ago
>"since then computers have continued to become exponentially faster, and today humanity’s best Chess players are likely no match for programs you can run on your smartphone."
Is this really true? Would a smartphone chess app beat the worlds top ranked player today?
- swebs 9y ago>Chess engines continue to improve. In 2009, chess engines running on slower hardware have reached the grandmaster level. A mobile phone won a category 6 tournament with a performance rating 2898: chess engine Hiarcs 13 running inside Pocket Fritz 4 on the mobile phone HTC Touch HD won the Copa Mercosur tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina with 9 wins and 1 draw on August 4–14, 2009. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_chess#Computers_versus_humans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_chess#Computers_versu...
- glaberficken 9y agooh wow! thanks for the link So, if someone out there can explain, is a program like AlphaGo deterministic? Meaning if the opponent plays the exact same moves in 2 consecutive games will the 2nd game be a replica of the first? My naive guess is that the MTC search part of the algorithm will necessarily introduce some variation in play, no?
- pixl97 9y agoI would be surprised if AG didn't start with a randomly generated seed to prevent this from happening. Of course that just moves the question to, if you start with the same seed and do the same moves...
- andreyk 9y agoyep, I got that tidbit from Kasparov himself I think