[computer-go] Big board

[Chris Fant]

> It is pretty clear to me that, if the analogy to MC simulations in
> magnets
> is of any value, the temperature of the Go game you show is hotter than
> optimal.
>
> If the temperature were at the transition temperature, then each of the
> renormalized lattices would look just like a piece that size cut from
> the
> original. Because the details all get smaller, the original lattice
> is on the
> random, or hotter, side of the transition.
>
> Thank you very much for this work. I am mulling this over ... how to
> cool the Go simulation slightly from the pure MC that you did.
>
> It would be great to see a similar very large board simulation from
> MoGo.
> I am wondering if the combination of UCT and patterns (and obviously
> the better play) shows better scaling across the renormalizations.

You're welcome.  It was interesting.

Yes, clearly MoGo is doing good stuff inside their playouts.  I, too,
would like to see if the result of a large-board MoGo playout looks
any different from mine.