computer-go: RE: new strategy game with $10,000 prize

["Ran Xiao" <ranxiao@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Why create a new problem as GO already hard enough for a computer to play? A
wasting of time.


-----Original Message-----
I took  a look at this.   I'm not sure  it's as complex as  he claims.
Even though the legal move count  at any given node is quite high, the
game is very  threat oriented (tactical).  Also, for  what it's worth,
there have not been hundreds of  years of human experience at the game
which should help some!

So if a program can be designed that is very good at seeing short term
tactics, it might be very hard for a human to beat.

$10,000 isn't worth the effort  by itself, but it seems like something
that would certainly be worth the fun of trying.


Don

...

   http://arimaa.com/arimaa/

   He thinks his game is 100x more complex than go, and offers $10,000 for a
program that can beat a human by 2020, with $1000 for the best program at
the end of 2003.

...
   David