[Computer-go] Computer Go and EGC 2012

[Don Dailey]

On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Stefan Kaitschick <
stefan.kaitschick at hamburg.de> wrote:

> I forgot to add, that I made an easily verifiable prediction.
> If the pros don't make several attempts at 5 before grudgingly going to 4,
> you can say "heh, Stefan, remember that prediction of yours?"
>

It's all in the packaging - how you present the match to them.    For us
the challenge is to be the first to beat a program at 4 stones but to them
it should be prove that that they can still win at 4 stones and a challenge
or taunt,  i.e.   "We think we can beat any pro given a 4 stone handicap,
can you prove us wrong?   5 stones is not interesting to us (and shouldn't
be to you either)  because we have already proved that."     Of course you
cannot move down until you have established that a given handicap is no
longer interesting.

Don


>
> On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 8:17 PM, Stefan Kaitschick
> <stefan.kaitschick at hamburg.de> wrote:
> > Hi Ingo,
> >
> > ofcourse i wouldn't dream of accepting those conditions.
> > I would be accepting 30 to 1 odds for H3 and 70 to 1 odds for H2.
> > And the money I would be risking would make the unhappy outcomes a lot
> > more likely.
> >
> > I would say this though: even if the bonus for winning was the same at
> > all handicap levels,
> > more pros would still chose 4 or 5 than 2 or 3.
> >
> > Stefan
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