On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 6:03 PM, Dave Dyer <[email protected]> wrote: > >>I may agree, but otherwise I think you misunderstand completely >>what people are doing to improve their programs. > > A program developed by playing against itself, or any fixed reference point, > can get stronger against that opponent while getting weaker against others. > > I'm floating the idea that a gaggle of MC based programs all playing each > other can collectively wander in an unproductive direction relative to human > players. >
Although this is in principle possible, it hasn't happened in any games that I am aware of. Chess programs made progress mostly out of playing themselves, they all followed the same basic architecture and they got to the point where they play better than humans. I don't see any signs that this situation is any different. _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
