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

[steve uurtamo]

> >wow.  i thought that there were at least two
> >stones worth of slack in the opening, and another
> >two in ko fighting.  :)
> 
> Seems unlikely.  I can't imagine two competent
> players, say 1p or 
> better, coming out of the opening with one of them
> having a two-stone 
> lead.

one of them is not a competent 1p.  one of them
is a computer with knowledge of the end result
of all possible game trees (my understanding of
the definition of a "god" player).

it could, for instance, create an opening whose
branches are so complicated that W (or B) was
forced to take small gains territorially, but
lose, say, 20 pts. by the midgame.

> And, the right to win all ko fights without
> having to fight them 
> is only worth half a stone.

uh, that depends upon what the kos are for.

s.


 
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