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Creating a better Go Program (an article by IEEE)

sighris — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 06:25:51 GMT

Cracking GO By Feng - Hsiung Hsu
First Published October 2007 < http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/oct07/5552 >

Brute-force computation has eclipsed humans in chess, and it could soon do the same in this ancient Asian game

In 1957, Herbert A. Simon, a pioneer in artificial intelligence and later a Nobel Laureate in economics, predicted that in 10 years a computer would surpass humans in what was then regarded as the premier battleground of wits: the game of chess. Though the project took four times as long as he expected, in 1997 my colleagues and I at IBM fielded a computer called Deep Blue that defeated Garry Kasparov, the highest-rated chess player ever.
You might have thought that we had finally put the question to rest—but no. Many people argued that we had tailored our methods to solve just this one, narrowly defined problem, and that it could never handle the manifold tasks that serve as better touchstones for human intelligence. These critics pointed to weiqi, an ancient Chinese board game, better known in the West by the Japanese name of Go, whose combinatorial complexity was many orders of magnitude greater than that of chess. Noting that the best Go programs could not even handle the typical novice, they predicted that none would ever trouble the very best players.
Ten years later, the best Go programs still can't beat good human players. Nevertheless, I believe that a world-champion-level Go machine can be built within 10 years, based on the same method of intensive analysis—brute force, basically—that Deep Blue employed for chess. I've got more than a small personal stake in this quest. At my lab at Microsoft Research Asia, in Beijing, I am organizing a graduate student project to design the hardware and software elements that will test the ideas outlined here. If they prove out, then the way will be clear for a full-scale project to dethrone the best human players... (full story at the above website)

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There already is a "Go" tribe

evaugh — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 16:08:02 GMT

There's another tribe called "Go" which has 149 members, about the same subject. Maybe it's better for both tribes if we combine? Connected stones become stronger ;-)

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Go @ Canvas Gallery SF - This Thursday!

sandaljian — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 18:16:58 GMT

Come play Go this Thursday @ 7:30 pm at the Canvas Gallery
(1200 9th Ave @ Lincoln). Inner Sunset near N-Judah line

see you there! goldie

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Ways to get started

Ivaanovich — Wed, 21 Apr 2004 19:15:33 GMT

Hey everyone!

I'm pretty new to the game of GO, but the scarce 3 months I have been playing it have turned me into a real strategy junkie!!!!

Could anyone recommend me a few good books/resources to get started with more advanced stuff? I mean, I already know the basics of life and death, eyes, basic capture techniques, etc. What I'm looking for is openings (fuseki?), advanced capture techniques and, in general, any other stuff you GO gurus out there consider important for newbyes like me.

Cheers and many thanks in advance,

Ivaanovich

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Hi

TT — Thu, 15 Apr 2004 21:19:55 GMT

This game is a personal interest to me. Hope we can create an environment of sharing and playing the Go game. Love to hear your stories and let's play a game, just for fun.

TT

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