Re: computer-go: Two ways to program a GO-engine

["Nicol N. Schraudolph" <nic@xxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2 Oct 2000, sorin gherman wrote:

>     That means there is no good ALGORITHM for that. But it doesn't mean 
> there is no WAY to do it. We just have to go beyond today's technology / way 
> of thinking :)

Hmmmm, "a way to do something" is a pretty good definition for "algorithm".
To get past that, you have to invoke one of:

	1) P = NP,

	2) nondeterministic (quantum) computers, or

	3) computers run by magic/god/intuition/psi forces/new physics/etc.

Looks like a tall order to me.

- nic

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