[Computer-go] Computer Go and EGC 2012

[Don Dailey]

On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 1:02 PM, Stefan Kaitschick <
stefan.kaitschick at hamburg.de> wrote:

> 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.
>

I did not know that Go players were this vain and fearful.    I know that a
lot of strong chess players have no problem with putting it on the line but
I guess I don't understand Go culture.    I had the distinct impression
that strong Go players were kind of like a more humble versions of Chess
players.  Kinder and gentler,  perhaps one of those cultural misconceptions
on my part.

Don



> 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.
>
>




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