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It has yet to be seen if this can truly be generalized and if such an analogy holds. Go is a game constrained by an extremely narrow set of rules. Brute forcin
by haswell 2y ago
It has yet to be seen if this can truly be generalized and if such an analogy holds.
Go is a game constrained by an extremely narrow set of rules. Brute forcing potential solutions and arriving at something novel within such a constrained ruleset is an entirely different scenario than writing or film-making which occur in an almost incomprehensibly larger potential "solution" space.
Perhaps the same thing will eventually happen, but I don't think the success of AI in games like Go is particularly instructive for predicting what can happen in other fields.
- dartos 2y agoKind of tangential, but I don’t think you can brute force go. We’d run out of energy before it finished. Statistical models shortcut that search space. But I agree that just because a screwdriver is good at screws doesn’t mean its good at hammering a nail, even though both tools are made of metal.
- haswell 2y agoAhh good point. I was thinking about “machine plays itself repeatedly until it gets good” aspect of AlphaGo Zero and my brain jumped to brute forcing, but agree that’s a misnomer.