[Computer-go] DeepMind's Victory over Ke Jie

[uurtamo .]

1) triumphed over a particular boardgame, perhaps.

2) this has been true since the early days of Monte Carlo go bots -- it
tends to result in a higher winning probability when the focus is on...
winning probability. People have tried to make bots that focus on points
instead, but trying to win by more than komi usually results in a weaker
bot. Others can detail their experiments for you and have here at length.

s.


On Jun 7, 2017 1:21 PM, "Cai Gengyang" <gengyangcai at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> Just a couple of questions :
>
> 1) Is it true that DeepMind's comprehensive victory over Ke Jie means that
> essentially it is proven to be true that AI has definitely triumphed over
> humanity ?
>
> 2) Also, I read that AG's style is "conservative" -- i.e. it almost always
> prefers the higher chance of winning by a small number of points compared
> to the smaller chance of winning by a large number of points ?
>
> Thanks alot
>
> GengYang
>
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