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In the first match of the Lee Sedol / Alpha Go jubango, many moves were initially interpreted as slow, or simply mistakes. Human players try to maximize score
by 29athrowaway 5y ago
In the first match of the Lee Sedol / Alpha Go jubango, many moves were initially interpreted as slow, or simply mistakes.
Human players try to maximize score difference, Alpha Go tries to maximize the probability of winning. This means, between playing a risky move that makes more territory, and a safe move that makes less territory, Alpha Go prefers the safer move.
To experts, those move came across as "slow", inefficient or suboptimal. But they turn out to be the superior moves.
- AceyMan 5y agoThe difference in strategy makes sense when you consider humans know we are likely to make some variable (suboptimal) choices and so our strategy includes building a buffer to guard against the inevitable gaff. GAI/NN doesn't 'fear' variability and so it's OK to ride a razor thin margin all the way to the victory. [edit: rephrase]