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Re: [computer-go] how to have a computer go tournament?

At 11:08 AM 1/23/05, you wrote:

> As for 2), (computers in human tournaments) other posters have mentioned
> problems with this; in addition, there's the problem that no one really
> knows how strong the programs are or what rank to enter them as.

The same goes for human players -- it takes a good
number of games against diverse opponents before
you can successfully evaluate your rank.
sure, many of the locals have been around for a long time so we have the down. we always get some sandbagger, but they can't do it the next year under the same name as they get an aga rating and somebody (i hope) keeps the records,

i think that it's probably important for computers playing go to semi-regularly play against ranked humans,
however. (the 50% rule is decent here --
sure
if they don't, the exercise is reduced to one of training computers to be good at playing each other, ...
yes
the compromise that i like is for computer go programmers to make a habit of offering up games in
online venues like kgs. ...
yes, mf has been on igs for a long time (at least it was). my plan is to try to adjust it's rating to aga and have it play like that and see what happens.

thanks

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ray tayek <http://tayek.com/>, co-chair <http://www.ocjug.org/>, actively seeking telecommuting work.

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