Re: [computer-go] Re: Opportunity to promote ...

2008-11-19 Thread Christoph Birk
On Nov 18, 2008, at 11:28 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It depends very much on what exactly you mean by amateur master level. Is it a level that compares to amateur master level in chess? And what is amateur master level in chess? USCF master, FIDE master or international

RE: [computer-go] Re: Opportunity to promote ...

2008-11-19 Thread dave.devos
Birk Verzonden: wo 19-11-2008 18:19 Aan: computer-go Onderwerp: Re: [computer-go] Re: Opportunity to promote ... On Nov 18, 2008, at 11:28 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It depends very much on what exactly you mean by amateur master level. Is it a level that compares

RE: [computer-go] Re: Opportunity to promote ...

2008-11-19 Thread Christoph Birk
On Wed, 19 Nov 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think that would not be enough, because that would only fix one point. You can use the width too. That should give a pretty good comparision for moderatly strong/weak players (see below). EGF ratings are not pure Elo ratings. EGF ratings are

RE: [computer-go] Re: Opportunity to promote ...

2008-11-19 Thread dave.devos
is that this page confims my speculations. Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] namens Andy Verzonden: wo 19-11-2008 19:26 Aan: computer-go Onderwerp: Re: [computer-go] Re: Opportunity to promote ... Here you go! http://senseis.xmp.net/?RatingHistogramComparisons

RE: [computer-go] Re: Opportunity to promote ...

2008-11-19 Thread Don Dailey
On Wed, 2008-11-19 at 10:24 -0800, Christoph Birk wrote: That should not matter much. The typical chess player should be as strong as the typical Go player and I also expect the strength distribution to follow similar lines. Larry Kaufman, a chess Grandmaster and also an expert in many games

RE: [computer-go] Re: Opportunity to promote ...

2008-11-19 Thread dave.devos
claims can be made that computer-go is withing 3% from the human top. Dave Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] namens [EMAIL PROTECTED] Verzonden: wo 19-11-2008 20:19 Aan: computer-go Onderwerp: RE: [computer-go] Re: Opportunity to promote ... That is wonderful! When I look

Re: [computer-go] Re: Opportunity to promote ...

2008-11-19 Thread Michael Williams
Not sure if I buy that. For any complex game, you have a range or random player to best-in-world player. There are nearly infinite actual ratings between the two. Since Go is clearly more complex than chess, Go's nearly infinite is probably larger that chess's nearly infinite, but that's

Re: [computer-go] Re: Opportunity to promote ...

2008-11-19 Thread Don Dailey
On Wed, 2008-11-19 at 15:03 -0500, Michael Williams wrote: Not sure if I buy that. For any complex game, you have a range or random player to best-in-world player. There are nearly infinite actual ratings between the two. Since Go is clearly more complex than chess, Go's nearly infinite

Re: [computer-go] Re: Opportunity to promote ...

2008-11-19 Thread Michael Williams
Don Dailey wrote: I'm talking about the fattest portion of the human range of skill. If you consider the fattest part of the bell, say the 99% of the players not extremely weak or extremely strong, the range is pretty limited. In chess it's probably more like 2000, not the 3000 I was saying

RE: [computer-go] Re: Opportunity to promote ...

2008-11-19 Thread dave.devos
Don Dailey Verzonden: wo 19-11-2008 20:59 Aan: computer-go Onderwerp: RE: [computer-go] Re: Opportunity to promote ... On Wed, 2008-11-19 at 10:24 -0800, Christoph Birk wrote: That should not matter much. The typical chess player should be as strong as the typical Go player and I also expect

RE: [computer-go] Re: Opportunity to promote ...

2008-11-19 Thread dave.devos
end. Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] namens [EMAIL PROTECTED] Verzonden: wo 19-11-2008 22:07 Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; computer-go Onderwerp: RE: [computer-go] Re: Opportunity to promote ... I doubt that much can be learned from comparing the overall length of rating scales

Re: [computer-go] Re: Opportunity to promote ...

2008-11-18 Thread Michael Williams
The well at the end of the title is implied. And computers still can't play 19x19 Go anywhere near the master level. Ingo Althöfer wrote: Dear Bob Hearn, it is not what you have been looking for, but nevertheless I want to ask you if the title of your talk Games Computers Can't Play is still

Re: [computer-go] Re: Opportunity to promote ...

2008-11-18 Thread Jason House
On Nov 18, 2008, at 7:43 AM, Michael Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The well at the end of the title is implied. And computers still can't play 19x19 Go anywhere near the master level. I'm not very familiar with go terms, but I think kyu means student and dan means master. It may

Re: [computer-go] Re: Opportunity to promote ...

2008-11-18 Thread Mark Boon
On 18-nov-08, at 11:25, Jason House wrote: On Nov 18, 2008, at 7:43 AM, Michael Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The well at the end of the title is implied. And computers still can't play 19x19 Go anywhere near the master level. I'm not very familiar with go terms, but I think kyu

Re: [computer-go] Re: Opportunity to promote ...

2008-11-18 Thread terry mcintyre
-go computer-go@computer-go.org Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 5:51:43 AM Subject: Re: [computer-go] Re: Opportunity to promote ... On 18-nov-08, at 11:25, Jason House wrote: On Nov 18, 2008, at 7:43 AM, Michael Williams wrote: The well at the end of the title is implied

RE: [computer-go] Re: Opportunity to promote ...

2008-11-18 Thread David Fotland
, November 18, 2008 4:43 AM To: computer-go Subject: Re: [computer-go] Re: Opportunity to promote ... The well at the end of the title is implied. And computers still can't play 19x19 Go anywhere near the master level. Ingo Althöfer wrote: Dear Bob Hearn, it is not what you have been

RE: [computer-go] Re: Opportunity to promote ...

2008-11-18 Thread Don Dailey
On Tue, 2008-11-18 at 08:28 -0800, David Fotland wrote: Many Faces gained 5 ranks when I added MCTS to it (with about 7 months of full time work), so I have to agree that Monte Carlo changed our world. I remember that you were not a true believer at first :-) - Don signature.asc

Re: [computer-go] Re: Opportunity to promote ...

2008-11-18 Thread terry mcintyre
From: Don Dailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 2008-11-18 at 08:28 -0800, David Fotland wrote: Many Faces gained 5 ranks when I added MCTS to it (with about 7 months of full time work), so I have to agree that Monte Carlo changed our world. I remember that you were not a true believer

Re: [computer-go] Re: Opportunity to promote ...

2008-11-18 Thread Mark Boon
On 18-nov-08, at 14:32, Don Dailey wrote: On Tue, 2008-11-18 at 08:28 -0800, David Fotland wrote: Many Faces gained 5 ranks when I added MCTS to it (with about 7 months of full time work), so I have to agree that Monte Carlo changed our world. I remember that you were not a true believer

RE: [computer-go] Re: Opportunity to promote ...

2008-11-18 Thread David Fotland
]; computer-go Subject: Re: [computer-go] Re: Opportunity to promote ... On 18-nov-08, at 14:32, Don Dailey wrote: On Tue, 2008-11-18 at 08:28 -0800, David Fotland wrote: Many Faces gained 5 ranks when I added MCTS to it (with about 7 months of full time work), so I have to agree

Re: [computer-go] Re: Opportunity to promote ...

2008-11-18 Thread Olivier Teytaud
I think it was the surprisingly useful combination of UCT with Monte-Carlo that got the attention of the 'old school' Go programmers. I would say Monte-Carlo + Tree Search rather than Monte-Carlo + UCT. You can have a very strong program without UCT. You can't without the incremental tree +

Re: [computer-go] Re: Opportunity to promote ...

2008-11-18 Thread Bob Hearn
On Nov 17, 2008, at 11:34 PM, Ingo Althöfer wrote: Dear Bob Hearn, it is not what you have been looking for, but nevertheless I want to ask you if the title of your talk Games Computers Can't Play is still up-to-date. I would accept something like Games Computers Could not play well before

Re: [computer-go] Re: Opportunity to promote ...

2008-11-18 Thread Michael Williams
I had never heard of that. A Google search turned up this list of interesting Go variants: http://www.usgo.org/resources/downloads/deviantgo.pdf Bob Hearn wrote: On Nov 17, 2008, at 11:34 PM, Ingo Althöfer wrote: Dear Bob Hearn, it is not what you have been looking for, but nevertheless

RE: [computer-go] Re: Opportunity to promote ...

2008-11-18 Thread dave.devos
Jason House Verzonden: di 18-11-2008 14:25 Aan: computer-go Onderwerp: Re: [computer-go] Re: Opportunity to promote ... On Nov 18, 2008, at 7:43 AM, Michael Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The well at the end of the title is implied. And computers still can't play 19x19 Go anywhere near

[computer-go] Re: Opportunity to promote ...

2008-11-18 Thread Ingo Althöfer
Dear Bob, thanks for your explanations. Now I see clearer. First, the title is deliberately provocative. Accepted. Also, though, the talk is not just about go: some of it is about formally undecidable games, that computers provably can't play well (and of course, that humans can't

[computer-go] Re: Opportunity to promote ...

2008-11-17 Thread Ingo Althöfer
Dear Bob Hearn, it is not what you have been looking for, but nevertheless I want to ask you if the title of your talk Games Computers Can't Play is still up-to-date. I would accept something like Games Computers Could not play well before 2003, but Monte Carlo has changed our world. Ingo