[Computer-go] Could a 'doubling dice'** encourage early resignation by programs?

[Mark Boon]

On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 11:12 AM, Don Dailey <dailey.don at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The problem is that you can still play the game out until there is just one
> or two moves left and then resign.    So for this work it has to be done at
> some reasonable point in the game and who is to decide when that should be?

No, you either concede immediately, or you continue to play for twice the price.

I think it's a very reasonable system to abort games that are a clear
win. But I'm not sure it's appropriate for computer programs that have
no objection to playing out a clearly won game.

Mark