[computer-go] Greetings, and a project

[Benjamin Newman <bnewman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I'm contemplating the writing of a Go-playing computer program.  Okay, I
suppose that doesn't really distinguish me from the other members of this
list ;-).  I have a particular AI architecture in mind, and the project
will be more about the capabilities of that architecture than about the
program's competitive level -- I suspect that the program I have in mind
will play very poorly, but in the same ways and for the same reasons that
novice humans play poorly.

I'll describe the architecture I have in mind more fully later, but in
brief, the program will, non-deterministically, build a hierarchical,
symbolic representation of the board situation and evaluate that, while
using deep look-ahead relatively sparingly.  I have a good start on the
first parts of the representation (conceptually -- I'm not coding yet),
and some scattered thoughts on how to evaluate it.

Meanwhile, I'm interested in getting a sense of what's been done.

~ Ben Newman
--
What are the origins of "fairy-stories"?  That must, of course, mean:
the origin or origins of the fairy elements.  To ask what is the origin
of stories (however qualified) is to ask what is the origin of language
and of the mind.
		-- J.R.R. Tolkien, "On Fairy-stories"
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