[Computer-go] Computer Go and EGC 2012

[Stefan Kaitschick]

I'm with John on this one.
Professional pride will prevail.
300$ won't make a pros knees go weak.
Much worse would be the slim chance to lose a low handicap game.
Zen will have to beat a series of pros with 5 stones, before any of
them will consider going down to 4.
And 2 or 3 stones don't really need to be on the menu at this point.
As for Dons risk/reward example: the best way to look at this is as a
bankroll management problem.
It turns out that bankroll utility is logarithmic.(see kelly staking).
So the bet with the lower deviation is actually better in a rational sense.

Stefan