[computer-go] Positions illustrative of computer stupidity ?

[Nick Wedd]

In message <002001c70e82$9226c460$7119da52 at Hansi>, Chrilly 
<c.donninger at wavenet.at> writes
>Attached is a very simple position which adresses the problem of what 
>is inside and what is outside. A seemingly logical definition of inside 
>is that the point is enclosed by stones of one color and/or the border. 
>Or the fireman-algorithm. If one traverses along an own wall and/or the 
>border in the same direction and comes back to the point. But in the 
>given position a3 and all the other 257 intersections are according 
>this definition  also "inside". It would never come to the mind of a 
>human player the the 3 black stones enclose the 257 intersections.

Maybe not, but it is obvious to a mathematician.  BTW, you mean 357, not 
257.

>The message is: Tasks which are for a human completly trivial are hard 
>to formalize.
>
>Chrilly

Nick
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