Yes, AlphaGo is brute force.

No it is impossible to solve Go.

Perfect play looks a lot like AlphaGo in that you would not be able to tell the 
difference. But I think that AlphaGo still has 0% win rate against perfect play.

 

My own best guess is that top humans make about 12 errors per game. This is 
estimated based on the win rate of top pros in head-to-head games. The 
calculation starts by assuming that Go is a win at 6.5 komi for either Black 
(more likely) or White, so a perfect player would win 100% for Black. Actual 
championship caliber players win 51% to 52% for Black. In 9-dan play overall, I 
think the rate is 53% to 54% for Black. Then you can estimate how many errors 
each player has to make to bring about such a result. E.g., If players made 
only one error on average, then Black would win the vast majority of games, so 
they must make more errors. I came up with 12 errors per game, but you can 
reasonably get other numbers based on your model.

 

Best,

Brian

 

From: Computer-go [mailto:computer-go-boun...@computer-go.org] On Behalf Of Cai 
Gengyang
Sent: Sunday, August 6, 2017 9:49 AM
To: computer-go@computer-go.org
Subject: [Computer-go] Alphago and solving Go

 

Is Alphago brute force search? 

Is it possible to solve Go for 19x19 ? 

And what does perfect play in Go look like? 

How far are current top pros from perfect play?

 

Gengyang

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