[computer-go] New version of CrazyStone

[Mark Boon]

On 21-aug-2006, at 17:36, Chrilly wrote:
> Its clear that nobody would play against a perfect programm.

Someone once replied to the question whether Chess would continue to  
be played by humans when computers would easily defeat them: "fork- 
heftrucks and hydraulic cranes exist for the better part of the  
century now, but last time I checked weight-lifting was still an  
olympic sport.". Not the exact words, but something to that effect.  
Was it Donner?

Of course a crane won't help you train in weight-lifting, whereas  
Chrilly indicates that computers are a tool that changes the skills  
required to become a top contender.

Somehow I don't think that would happen with Go to the same extent.  
But we wouldn't know of course until we had programs that strong. It  
could very well influence the general style of play.

If you had a God-like player, maybe we'll find other ways to make  
playing the game interesting. Go is a different game in nature than  
Chess, which is an all-or-nothing game. With Go people could still  
try to 'get the high-score' against a perfect player. Who can play a  
game and lose with as few points as possible?

At least for a while I think there would be plenty of people who'd be  
interested to play against a perfect Go program.

Mark