The term you are looking for is "transfer learning": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transfer_learning
On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 5:27 PM, "Ingo Althöfer" <3-hirn-ver...@gmx.de> wrote: > Hi Erik, > > > No need for AlphaGo hardware to find out; any > > toy problem will suffice to explore different > > initialization schemes... > > I know that. > > My intention with the question is a different one: > I am thinking how humans are learning. Is it beneficial > to have learnt related - but different - stuff before? > The answer will depend on the case, of course. > > And in my role as a voyeur, I want to understand if having > learnt a Go variant X before turning my interest to a > "slightly" different Go variant Y. Do, I want to combine > the subject with some entertaining learning process. > (For instance, looking at the AlphaGo Zero games from the > 72 h experiment in steps of 2 hours was not only insightful > but also entertaining.) > > > > you typically want to start with small weights so > > that the initial mapping is relatively smooth. > > But again: For instance, when a eight year old child starts > to play violin, is it helpful or not when it had played > say a trumpet before? > > My understanding is that the AlphaGo hardware is standing > somewhere in London, idle and waitung for new action... > > Ingo. > > _______________________________________________ > Computer-go mailing list > Computer-go@computer-go.org > http://computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go >
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