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AlphaZero, formerly the strongest chess playing program/player, searches the game tree via Monte Carlo tree search, which really isn't brute force. But more to

by tehnub 6y ago

AlphaZero, formerly the strongest chess playing program/player, searches the game tree via Monte Carlo tree search, which really isn't brute force. But more to the point of your comment, it makes sense to make these claims about chess in particular because chess more or less is exclusively about pure concentration. There is no physical ability you must develop like you would usually have to for sports or music or gaming.

sgillen 6y ago
If Monte Carlo tree search is not brute force , what would you consider brute force?
- tehnub 6y ago
  Well, I'd say it's an approximation of brute force. I'd say traditional minimax (with or without branch-and-bound improvements e.g. alpha-beta pruning), is brute force.