[computer-go] .. if Monte-Carlo programs would play infinitestrong

[steve uurtamo]

> Does this mean that it does not converge to optimal
> play when processing 
> power goes to infinite or do you mean that it
> converges from the practical 
> point of view much too slow?

i just mean that it is too slow to be of practical
value on a 19x19 board.  although Don is certainly
making me think twice about having said that.

> What would it mean for a 19x19 player?
> What would it mean to build a 10**12 nodes/sec
> machine (which is with todays 
> technology not possible, but according to Moores law
> in 10 years).

that's a great question.  it'd be so many more
positions/sec than humans or current programs
evaluate, that it'd have an unknown effect.  :)

i also wonder what the bus architecture is going
to need to be like on that machine, as you can't
flip a bit that fast.  :)

s.


 
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