[computer-go] New version of Crazy Stone

[steve uurtamo]

> How many stones would a top pro need against a
> perfect player? (3 or 4
> has been bandied about as the answer).

that's an excellent question, although i think
that it dramatically overrates human playing
strength.  to think about it a different way,
how many stones would a top pro player today
be able to give to a top pro player from 50
or more years ago?  even in just the fuseki,
so many newer josekis (including chinese and
korean styles) have been created that a pro
from another time wouldn't have the knowledge
to deal with, i think that at least a stone or
two would be fair.  to imagine that we're now
only 3 or 4 stones away from perfect play is
a great stretch of the imagination about our
progress in the last 50 years, i think.

s.

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