Ok, I read your link on the bet and now I understand. The bet you made was that John Tromp WOULD be beaten, not that he would not.
I don't bet, but if I did I would feel that John's money is safe. This is exactly what computer Go needs. Tangible goals, very specific proposals on benchmark matches, and no handicap matches against players who are not so strong that a computer victory is out of the question, but strong enough to make a statement about where computers stand so far. I also applaud the fact that this is a 10 game match and not less. Technically more is better, but for logistical and practical reasons I can understand that 10 games is a reasonable limit. - Don On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 7:52 AM, Don Dailey <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 7:05 AM, Darren Cook <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Back in 1997 I made a $1000 bet with John Tromp that he wouldn't be >> beaten my a computer before 2011. > > > That seems like a bad bet. > > Why would John be motivated to try to win if he would lose $1000 by winning > the game? > > - Don > > > > >> I've made a page to publicize the bet: >> http://dcook.org/gobet/ >> >> I hope it is accessible beyond just the experts on this list, and can >> help bring some publicity for computer go generally. So please link to >> this page, blog about it, tell your friends, etc. >> (I'm hoping to have a Japanese translation soon; I'll announce that when >> it is ready.) >> >> >From that page you can also vote with your opinion (and then leave a >> comment) on who you think will win the bet, and also when you think a >> computer program will beat the world champion. Have fun! :-) >> >> Darren >> >> -- >> Darren Cook, Software Researcher/Developer >> http://dcook.org/mlsn/ (English-Japanese-German-Chinese-Arabic >> open source dictionary/semantic network) >> http://dcook.org/work/ (About me and my work) >> http://dcook.org/blogs.html (My blogs and articles) >> _______________________________________________ >> computer-go mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ >> > >
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