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It is fascinating to compare & contrast chess, Go, and backgammon, and how quite different approaches are needed to program in each. For chess, 'pure calculati
by DMac87 12y ago
It is fascinating to compare & contrast chess, Go, and backgammon, and how quite different approaches are needed to program in each. For chess, 'pure calculation' is most effective, while the author suggests MC is good for Go & others. In backgammon, TD-gammon used a rather naive neural net approach and trained itself, optimizing its own play over time! It is also interesting how computers' success in these areas feeds back into how humans play the game (at least in backgammon and chess opening strategy).
- Jun8 12y agoIt's been remarked that backgammon is man's struggle against change, chess is his struggle against another man, and Go is his struggle against himself. While there's some artistic license (a good backgammon player will crush a mediocre one in the long run) this comment does provide some interesting cultural. And there's also a Shibumi quote I like: "Go is to Western chess what philosophy is to double-entry accounting." This book was the first time I heard about Go.