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by awwducks 9y ago
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Go master Cho wins best-of-three series with Japan-made AI(japantimes.co.jp)
1 points by awwducks 10y ago|0 comments
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Cho Chi-Hun Competing with 'Japanese AlphaGo'(koreatimes.co.kr)
3 points by awwducks 10y ago|0 comments
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Worldwide shortage of Go equipment in wake of AlphaGo(gogameguru.com)
2 points by awwducks 10y ago|0 comments
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by awwducks 11y ago
There's a horizontal scroll bar :) I'm not sure how to format a block quote without it. Edit: Well, just added newlines. Seems to look ok.
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by awwducks 11y ago
After reading the first few bits in the "beginner" section, this reminds me of my experience with "Lessons in the Fundamentals of Go" by Kageyama Toshiro 7p [0] (Go the game). It's a terrific book where he stresses
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by awwducks 11y ago
Yep, I felt the same way. I wonder if the time constraints were optimized for AlphaGo. One of the things I did want to see was how AlphaGo would fare in a blitz situation (i.e. really short timers).
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by awwducks 11y ago
> Learning (viewing millions of professional game moves) According to the last press conference, it was apparently strong amateur games from the internet that it used to train with. Afterwards, it just played itself, as you mentioned.
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by awwducks 11y ago
Here's a tutorial. http://playgo.to/iwtg/en/count.html The whole series isn't bad if you're interested in other aspects of the game.
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by awwducks 11y ago
My rough summary of the match, informed by the various commentators and random news stories. Game 1: Lee Sedol does not know what to expect. He plays testing moves early and gets punished, losing the game decisively. Game 2: Lee Sedol calm
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by awwducks 11y ago
It was in the press conference for Game 4 IIRC.
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AlphaGo given honorary 9 dan rank by Korean Baduk Association(straitstimes.com)
108 points by awwducks 11y ago|18 comments
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by awwducks 11y ago
I doubt it. When/if they do play such a game that humans can't explain, I'll probably be interested in some other problem. Isn't that the nature of human endeavor? Always looking for the next challenge?
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by awwducks 11y ago
Lee Sedol definitely did not look like he was in top form there. I would say (as an amateur) his play in Game 2 was far better. It was the funky clamp position that perhaps forced AlphaGo to start falling apart this game. [0] I wonder if
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by awwducks 11y ago
That would be amazing if it could achieve the same levels (or higher) without the bootstrapping. The niggling thought in my mind was that AlphaGo's strength is built on human strength.
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by awwducks 11y ago
Thanks, jonah! I recall Andrew mentioning that Myungwan will be back to comment games 4 and 5?
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by awwducks 11y ago
Ah, neat, thanks for the link. I didn't look to the AGA channel because I figured there wouldn't be a stream since Myungwan was doing live commentary.
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by awwducks 11y ago
I guess the next question on my mind is how AlphaGo might fare in a blitz game.
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by awwducks 11y ago
As a spectator, I was on the edge of my seat :) As a 3d amateur, I'm really curious about when he resigned. It really seemed like he was playing the position out to go for the win (or perhaps to see how AlphaGo would fare in ko). It
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by awwducks 11y ago
I am really curious about the reviews from An Youngil 8p and Myungwan Kim 9p. The commentary by Redmond always tend to leave something to be desired.
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by awwducks 11y ago
Perhaps the last big question was whether AlphaGo could play ko positions. AlphaGo played quite well in that ko fight and furthermore, even played away from the ko fight allowing Lee Sedol to play twice in the area. I definitely did not ex
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by awwducks 11y ago
I don't mind Andrew. He's a strong player in his own right so he has questions a strong amateur would have. He inevitably asks questions you want Myungwan to answer.
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by awwducks 11y ago
I'd very much like to see Ke Jie try (and also beat) Alphago while it appears to be in the realm of possibility.
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by awwducks 11y ago
From a go player's perspective, this would have been a more exciting match. Ke Jie is largely considered the strongest player in the world right now whereas Lee Sedol is marginally weaker but has better name recognition.
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by awwducks 11y ago
Yep, terrific commentary by Myungwan Kim 9p on the AGA channel. For the folks who aren't as familiar with the game, how did you find the commentary (for any channel)? What would you be interested in hearing for events like these?
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by awwducks 11y ago
Too early to tell, IMO. The next game will be the bigger game since Lee Sedol has a far better idea what he's up against. If the next game goes like this one did, I would be more inclined to agree with you for the remaining 3.
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by awwducks 11y ago
If you're based in LA, here's the event link. https://www.kccla.org/english/calendar_view.asp?cid=4020&imo...
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by awwducks 11y ago
Myungwan Kim 9p will be doing live commentary at the Korean Cultural Center in Los Angeles for game 3. The second game should be a doozy since Lee Sedol will definitely know what to expect and come in full force!
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by awwducks 11y ago
A bit late, but this is the AGA feed. https://gaming.youtube.com/watch?v=YZPKR7HzM_s No one can believe it. Myungwan Kim 9p says it's likely Lee Sedol feels like he could have won. He also says Alpha Go is likely str
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by awwducks 11y ago
Note that the games were played even and the results were terrifyingly dominant - 5-0.

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