Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-13 Thread Harri Salakoski
, October 13, 2007 2:31 AM Subject: Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go How do I find the ones narrated in English? Do they exist? The closest I could find was this one which is almost unwatchable. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uArhCnJu7LM On 10/12/07, Ray Tayek [EMAIL

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-12 Thread steve uurtamo
AM Subject: Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go Chris Fant wrote: Ho can I find Go vids on youtube? Searching for go obviously does nothing. Atari was also a good keyword here. There it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt1FvPxmmfE -- Tapani Raiko, [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-12 Thread Peter Drake
-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go Ho can I find Go vids on youtube? Searching for go obviously does nothing. On 10/12/07, steve uurtamo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Steve, So this doesn't get too lengthy I'll remove the stuff I'm not responding to. no problem. But why would

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-12 Thread Tapani Raiko
Chris Fant wrote: Ho can I find Go vids on youtube? Searching for go obviously does nothing. Atari was also a good keyword here. There it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt1FvPxmmfE -- Tapani Raiko, [EMAIL PROTECTED], +358 50 5225750 http://www.cis.hut.fi/praiko/

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-12 Thread steve uurtamo
Hi Steve, So this doesn't get too lengthy I'll remove the stuff I'm not responding to. no problem. But why would it suddenly go log at some point nearby? This is the same superstition people had in computer chess for decades! Everyone had this gut feeling based on nothing whatsoever.

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-12 Thread steve uurtamo
try baduk! s. - Original Message From: Chris Fant [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: computer-go computer-go@computer-go.org Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 10:04:23 AM Subject: Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go Ho can I find Go vids on youtube? Searching for go obviously

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-12 Thread Ray Tayek
At 07:36 AM 10/12/2007, you wrote: Chris Fant wrote: Ho can I find Go vids on youtube? Searching for go obviously does nothing. Atari was also a good keyword here. There it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt1FvPxmmfE searching for: go baduk weiqi returns a bunch. --- vice-chair

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-12 Thread Chris Fant
How do I find the ones narrated in English? Do they exist? The closest I could find was this one which is almost unwatchable. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uArhCnJu7LM On 10/12/07, Ray Tayek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 07:36 AM 10/12/2007, you wrote: Chris Fant wrote: Ho can I find Go

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-12 Thread Ray Tayek
At 04:31 PM 10/12/2007, you wrote: How do I find the ones narrated in English? not sure, i just found these things/ Do they exist? yes The closest I could find was this one which is almost unwatchable. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uArhCnJu7LM all of the ones by her that i have seen

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-11 Thread steve uurtamo
Subject: Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go I'm just now reading the article. Monte Carlo techniques have recently had success in Go played on a restricted 9-by-9 board. My hunch, however, is that they won't play a significant role in creating a machine that can top the best

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-11 Thread Chris Fant
Message From: Chris Fant [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: computer-go computer-go@computer-go.org Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 9:15:18 PM Subject: Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go I'm just now reading the article. Monte Carlo techniques have recently had success in Go

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-11 Thread Don Dailey
: Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go I'm just now reading the article. Monte Carlo techniques have recently had success in Go played on a restricted 9-by-9 board. My hunch, however, is that they won't play a significant role in creating a machine that can top the best

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-11 Thread Eric Boesch
On 10/9/07, Andrés Domínguez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2007/10/9, Eric Boesch [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Naive null move is unhelpful because throughout much of a go game, almost every move is better than passing, I think this is not the point of null move. Null move is if pass is good enough to

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-11 Thread Don Dailey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Several points: Null move is usually applied to a beta cutoff - but of course this is mostly semantics. In the literature if you can pass (play the null move) and still get a beta cutoff then you are in a fruitless line of play because your opponent

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-11 Thread Don Dailey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Good common sense answer. I agree that this could be settled. I'll go ahead and help Chris Fant set up a the server which he will administer. Meanwhile, can you experiment with the 9x9 server just to see if you can get it working on CGOS?You

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-11 Thread Don Dailey
-go Subject: Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go In your own paper you say: At the 19x19 level, Monte Carlo programs are now at the level of the strongest traditional programs. [https://webdisk.lclark.edu/drake/publications/GAMEON-07-drake.pdf

RE: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-11 Thread David Fotland
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Don Dailey Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 12:22 PM To: computer-go Subject: Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Good common sense answer. I agree

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-11 Thread Chris Fant
Can we also count on Steenvreter for this 19x19 smack-down? You out there, Erik? On 10/11/07, Eric Boesch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/11/07, David Fotland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But the only way to settle this is to do some experiments. I could certainly be wrong. If we have a

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-11 Thread Ian Osgood
On Oct 11, 2007, at 1:49 PM, Eric Boesch wrote: On 10/11/07, David Fotland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But the only way to settle this is to do some experiments. I could certainly be wrong. If we have a mogo-many faces match on 19x19 cgos, and we also have them play for ratings against

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-11 Thread Erik van der Werf
Yes I'm here :-) Sorry to have to disappoint you though, I have not yet found enough time to work on 19x19. For now the throne rightfully belongs to Mogo. Erik On 10/11/07, Chris Fant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can we also count on Steenvreter for this 19x19 smack-down? You out there, Erik?

RE: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-11 Thread David Fotland
] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go On 10/11/07, David Fotland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But the only way to settle this is to do some experiments. I could certainly be wrong. If we have a mogo-many faces match on 19x19 cgos, and we also have them play for ratings against people

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-11 Thread Chris Fant
Someone already did: Stone eater. On 10/11/07, terry mcintyre [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Erik, It would be great to see Steenvreter on the 9x9 cgos server. BTW, can you translate Steenvreter for us English speakers? Thanks! From: Erik van der Werf [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yes I'm here :-) Sorry

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-11 Thread Unknown
On Thu, 2007-10-11 at 18:37 -0400, Chris Fant wrote: Someone already did: Stone eater. On 10/11/07, terry mcintyre [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Erik, It would be great to see Steenvreter on the 9x9 cgos server. BTW, can you translate Steenvreter for us English speakers? Thanks! Eater

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-11 Thread steve uurtamo
I think that there's an apples/oranges thing going on here. My hunch, however, is that they won't play a significant role in creating a machine that can top the best human players in the 19-by-19 game. i agree with this statement. And MC programs are more scalable that traditional programs.

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-11 Thread Don Dailey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Steve, So this doesn't get too lengthy I'll remove the stuff I'm not responding to. I think this statement is more or less true. Didn't you see the scalability data for 19x19? In fact didn't you help me produce it? we tested some very

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-10 Thread Rémi Coulom
terry mcintyre wrote: IIRC, a few Microsoft researchers did some interesting work with SVMs and the prediction of pro-level moves. I've always wondered whether that could be integrated with UCT to narrow the search tree. Hi, This is what I do in Crazy Stone:

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-10 Thread Rémi Coulom
Andrés Domínguez wrote: 2007/10/10, Don Dailey [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Andrés, You are right about null move of course. The assumption that other moves are = to the value of a pass is much stronger in GO than in Chess, yet ironically it's not as effective in Go. That was what i was

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-10 Thread Rémi Coulom
Rémi Coulom wrote: Andrés Domínguez wrote: 2007/10/10, Don Dailey [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Andrés, You are right about null move of course. The assumption that other moves are = to the value of a pass is much stronger in GO than in Chess, yet ironically it's not as effective in Go. That

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-10 Thread steve uurtamo
As Don wrote, the main problem of null move is the depth reduction. It hides long-term threats that the evaluation function might not be able to evaluate. even with a very good evaluation function, i would think that another problem (this is likely just restating what you and others have

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-10 Thread Erik van der Werf
On 10/10/07, Don Dailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In GO, threats tend to be very indirect and distant, at least from the point of view of a naive search algorithm and this is a real killer to the idea - my feeling is that null move in GO is not workable. I have the same feeling. Some years ago

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-10 Thread Magnus Persson
Quoting Rémi Coulom [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Regarding the question of null move in Go, I remember that some programmers who tried it in alpha-beta programs did not manage to make it work (Peter MacKenzie comes to mind, maybe others). As Don wrote, the main problem of null move is the depth

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-10 Thread Ray Tayek
At 02:33 PM 10/7/2007, you wrote: Found this link and thought you all might find it interesting. http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/oct07/5552 thread on slashdot: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/10/1758244 --- vice-chair http://ocjug.org/ ___

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-10 Thread Chris Fant
I'm just now reading the article. Monte Carlo techniques have recently had success in Go played on a restricted 9-by-9 board. My hunch, however, is that they won't play a significant role in creating a machine that can top the best human players in the 19-by-19 game. The author loses credibility

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-10 Thread Richard J. Lorentz
Of no particular importance I suppose, but did any one else get the impression after looking at the picture (and the way he is holding the stone) that he is not a regular go player? Chris Fant wrote: I'm just now reading the article. Monte Carlo techniques have recently had success in Go

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-10 Thread Don Dailey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Chris Fant wrote: I'm just now reading the article. Monte Carlo techniques have recently had success in Go played on a restricted 9-by-9 board. My hunch, however, is that they won't play a significant role in creating a machine that can top

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-10 Thread Don Dailey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 He is clearly posing for a picture, this is not a spontaneous photograph. Notice the Thinker pose. I'm not a good go player at all, but the board position seems a little unnatural to me. But it could be my lack of experience. Over the last few

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-09 Thread Andrés Domínguez
2007/10/9, Eric Boesch [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 10/8/07, Tapani Raiko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: May sound unpolite. But Deep Blue reached a very important step in IA. They will be known for ever. But, from a research point of view, they didn't much really. It was mainly a

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-09 Thread Andrés Domínguez
2007/10/10, Don Dailey [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Andrés, You are right about null move of course. The assumption that other moves are = to the value of a pass is much stronger in GO than in Chess, yet ironically it's not as effective in Go. That was what i was trying to say. Pass is one of the

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-08 Thread Eduardo Sabbatella
Deep Blue guy, but without cash, I don't see much to care about. May sound unpolite. But Deep Blue reached a very important step in IA. They will be known for ever. But, from a research point of view, they didn't much really. It was mainly a technological/technical achivement. Don't trow me

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-08 Thread Tapani Raiko
May sound unpolite. But Deep Blue reached a very important step in IA. They will be known for ever. But, from a research point of view, they didn't much really. It was mainly a technological/technical achivement. Maybe they will reimplement Mogo, try a null-move tweak, use a

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-08 Thread terry mcintyre
Message From: Tapani Raiko [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: computer-go computer-go@computer-go.org Sent: Monday, October 8, 2007 6:45:13 AM Subject: Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go May sound unpolite. But Deep Blue reached a very important step in IA. They will be known

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-08 Thread Eric Boesch
On 10/8/07, Tapani Raiko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: May sound unpolite. But Deep Blue reached a very important step in IA. They will be known for ever. But, from a research point of view, they didn't much really. It was mainly a technological/technical achivement. Maybe they will

[computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-07 Thread Joshua Shriver
Found this link and thought you all might find it interesting. http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/oct07/5552 Interesting part for me so far: At my lab at Microsoft Research Asia, in Beijing, I am organizing a graduate student project to design the hardware and software elements that will test the

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-07 Thread Benjamin Teuber
Quite interesting, but after all, it completely neglects the difficulties to a) determine the life status of groups b) build an evaluation function out of this Benjamin Joshua Shriver schrieb: Found this link and thought you all might find it interesting.

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-07 Thread Joshua Shriver
I thought it was an interesting article, full of gems and annoyances. I couldn't help to get the feeling the author was poking fun at Kasparov at times. Despite that, I am curious to see what kind of hardware he and his students produce. Guess if there is going to be a Deep Go he'd be the one to

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-07 Thread Jeff Nowakowski
On Sun, 2007-10-07 at 17:33 -0400, Joshua Shriver wrote: Found this link and thought you all might find it interesting. http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/oct07/5552 Umm, this article was linked to and discussed heavily here within the past week:

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-07 Thread Joshua Shriver
Oops sorry didnt realise. On 10/7/07, Jeff Nowakowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 2007-10-07 at 17:33 -0400, Joshua Shriver wrote: Found this link and thought you all might find it interesting. http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/oct07/5552 Umm, this article was linked to and discussed