Re: [Computer-go] Computer vs Humans at EGC 2012

2012-08-03 Thread Ingo Althöfer
An overview of the computer go activities at the EGC 2012 together with some of the photos can be found on this website: http://www.egc2012.eu/congress/side-events/computer-go Ingo. ___ Computer-go mailing list Computer-go@dvandva.org

Re: [Computer-go] Computer vs Humans at EGC 2012

2012-08-03 Thread Hideki Kato
Ingo, The description on 9x9 games is confusing. In EGC 2011, two 9x9 games were played with 7.5 komi (Zen lost both) and the 13x13 game was played with 0.5 komi (Zen won). Hideki Ingo Althöfer: 20120803093241.122...@gmx.net: An overview of the computer go activities at the EGC 2012 together

[Computer-go] 50k-100k patterns

2012-08-03 Thread Peter Drake
An interesting line from this article on pattern matching, including computer Go: “The great cognitive scientist Herbert Simon, who won the Nobel Prize for Economics, recognised this as needing to build up chunks of little patterns, and needing at least 50 000 of these to reach expert level at

Re: [Computer-go] 50k-100k patterns

2012-08-03 Thread Mark Boon
Interesting article. I've always been a little bit uncomfortable with the concept of 'intuition'. It's probably nothing more than pattern-matching on a level we just haven't seen yet in computers, rather than the mythical quality most people take it to be. I take issue with part of the article

[Computer-go] GO SYMPOSIUM GOES LIVE

2012-08-03 Thread P Shotwell
THE GO SYMPOSIUM AT BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA, USA WILL BE BROADCAST LIVE SATURDAY AUG 4 9:00-5:00 AND SUNDAY AUG 5 9:00-8:30 USA EASTERN STANDARD TIME. IT WILL ALSO BE ARCHIVED LATER. GO TO www.gosymposium.orgAND LOOK FOR THE BUTTON OR GO DIRECTLY TO http://www.gosymposium.org/broadcast.html