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Pattern matching on databases of previous moves is a legitimate technique that was poplar in chess AI back when computing power was more limited. Even if that w
by wongarsu 4y ago
Pattern matching on databases of previous moves is a legitimate technique that was poplar in chess AI back when computing power was more limited. Even if that was all that GPT did here it would still be interesting.
But the presence of illegal moves doesn't really show that in my eyes. I fully understand the rules of chess, but I still occasionally make illegal moves. In 2017 Magnus Carlsen made one in a tournament [1]. The number of illegal moves suggests that either GPT is pretty new to chess, has low intelligence, or is playing under difficult circumstances (like not having a chess board at hand to keep track of the current state). I'm not sure we can deduce more than that
1: https://www.chessbase.in/news/Carlsen_Inarkiev_controversy https://www.chessbase.in/news/Carlsen_Inarkiev_controversy
- div72 4y agoI agree with your conclusion but the example you gave of Magnus Carlsen doing an illegal move is a pretty bad one imo. That was clearly a trap from his opponent as he did an illegal move first by checking Magnus while he was under check and then immediately calling the arbiter when Magnus moved his king in response. Magnus also probably did not have had much time left as it was a Blitz game.
- leereeves 4y agoAlso, according to the link, the final ruling was that Carlson's move was not illegal.
- EarthLaunch 4y agoAn arbiter determined that Inarkiev made an illegal move and Carlsen did not. Interesting article.
- illiarian 4y agoBut then it was one case out of thousands of games that Carlsen played. In the article ChatGPT is ding illegal moves in 3 games out of 19. The sample is smallm but the rate is much, much, higher. You'd expect maybe one, or none at all. Even for a supposed 1400 ELO player. Because even 800 ELO players rarely do that many illegal moves I think.