Re: [Computer-go] CGOS again

2015-12-07 Thread Urban Hafner
On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 3:41 PM, Joshua Shriver wrote: > Thank you so much for running CGOS! Looks like it's running very > smoothly and you are doing a great job. > Yes! Thanks again. It’s great to have 9x9 and 19x19 versions again with some strong bots playing. Great to

[Computer-go] Congratulations to abakus!

2015-12-07 Thread Nick Wedd
Congratulations to abakus, winner of yesterday's 13x13 KGS computer Go tournament. My report is at http://www.weddslist.com/kgs/past/118/index.html As usual, I look forward to receiving your comments and corrections. Nick -- Nick Wedd mapr...@gmail.com

[Computer-go] Wired: Google and Facebook Race to Solve the Ancient Game of Go With AI

2015-12-07 Thread Rémi Coulom
http://www.wired.com/2015/12/google-and-facebook-race-to-solve-the-ancient-game-of-go/ ___ Computer-go mailing list Computer-go@computer-go.org http://computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go

Re: [Computer-go] Wired: Google and Facebook Race to Solve the Ancient Game of Go With AI

2015-12-07 Thread Joshua Shriver
On a site note, I really feel bad for Kasparov. Seems like anytime there is a human vs computer game match the news always brings up Deep Blue. It has to feel bad to always see your name time and time again be used as a "loser" instead of the remarkable an legendary chess player he is. Just my

Re: [Computer-go] Wired: Google and Facebook Race to Solve the Ancient Game of Go With AI

2015-12-07 Thread Joshua Shriver
My money is on Google they already have a lot of algo's for pattern matching and analysis. Will be interesting to see how this pans out. Nice link :) -Josh On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 11:37 AM, Rémi Coulom wrote: >

[Computer-go] GO AI tutor and programmer needed

2015-12-07 Thread Will Jordan-Cooley
Hey all, I'm starting work on an app that will make Go more accessible to beginners and wider range of player types. I'm going to be looking to hire an AI developer in a couple months. For now, I need someone to talk to about how Go AI techniques work. I'm looking to play $20/hr for a few Skype

Re: [Computer-go] Wired: Google and Facebook Race to Solve the Ancient Game of Go With AI

2015-12-07 Thread Hideki Kato
Ingo Althofer: : >Hi Rémi, > >thanks for the very interesting link. > >It seems that a race for a new breakthrough is open. >Let's see if Abakus or Aya or CrazyStone or >FaceGo or GoogleGo or Zen or some other bot >will

Re: [Computer-go] Wired: Google and Facebook Race to Solve the Ancient Game of Go With AI

2015-12-07 Thread Ingo Althöfer
Hi Rémi, thanks for the very interesting link. It seems that a race for a new breakthrough is open. Let's see if Abakus or Aya or CrazyStone or FaceGo or GoogleGo or Zen or some other bot will become the winner. Great times. Will we see bots on par with top humans before 2020? Ingo.

Re: [Computer-go] Wired: Google and Facebook Race to Solve the Ancient Game of Go With AI

2015-12-07 Thread Peter Drake
I'm due for a sabbatical in the 2016-2017 academic year. If the humans are still standing, I'll continue work on Go. If not, I'll spend it finding a new research topic. So ... if y'all could just crack this grand challenge problem in the next few months, that'd be great. :-) On Mon, Dec 7, 2015