On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 9:59 AM, "Ingo Althöfer" <[email protected]> wrote:
> What I mean is the following: > The human player (in 19x19) determines how many handicap stones he gives > to the bot (either 2 or 3 or 4 or 5). > > When he selects a difficult task (=giving high handicap) he gets high > reward in case of a win. When he selects a more easy task (= giving low > handicap) he gets only small reward in case of success. So, the list > from the original posting (300 Euro bonus in case of a win at 5 handicap > stones) is what I mean. > > By giving him this choice under the reward system, I want to learn > what this special person thinks about his/her chances. Considering that the smallest handicap at which computers have beaten pros is 5 or 6, few pros would want the embarrassment of choosing less. Being the first pro to lose a 4 handicap game is not a particularly attractive prospect:-( I expect they will blindly go with the 6 handicap option, mostly due to professional pride, but also because of the higher reward and because there is less embarrassment (even if a higher chance of) losing at the higher handicap. regards, -John _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
