Re: computer-go: Authenticating the identity of a remote go-playing computer program

[Heikki Levanto <heikki@xxxxxx>]

David Stafford <david_stafford@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I don't see an iron-clad way to enforce an honest outcome but it
> might be sufficient to have a trusted and knowledgeable committee
> to resolve disputes in cases where there was doubt.

If all participants were required to use some commonly available tools, and
submit full source code, to be compiled on site by impartial referees, and
run by them, and afterwards publicly scrutinized by all competitors, then
maybe we could rest assured that it would be a bit harder to cheat. This
would not prove anything, but would make the tournament much easier to run,
as there wouldn't be so many participants (maybe only GnuGo, it is Open
Source anyway ;-)



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