Re: computer-go: Most simple Go rules

[Nick Wedd <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In message <200106251310.JAA25891@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Don Dailey
<drd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes

>But wasn't it recently  proven that computers cannot handle "grown-up"
>Go?

Yes.

>  I remember reading about a recent tournament where computers that
>"should have won" (I wish  I had a  nickel for  every time I've  heard
>that ego based  phrase)  demonstrated their lack  of  understanding by
>invading their own territories.

Ing2000.  I have not heard any whinging from the programmers who lost.
I have heard expressions of something like guilt from one of those who
won  :-)

>I think this is good, even though it breaks the illusion of "grown-up"
>Go.
>
>So maybe the  programmers want to create  the illusion of grown-up Go,
>but shouldn't the programs themselves be asked to actually demonstrate
>a win?

OK, so I am pandering to people's delusions.  I can live with it.

Nick
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