[computer-go] an idea for a new measure of a computer go program's rank.

[terry mcintyre]

Why not go the other way? Granted that postal players put more thought into their moves than those on a 30-minute clock, but they surely do not think about their move for an entire 24 hours - but a computer can actually allocate a full 24 hours per move. Considering the benefits Mogo observed with multiple processes, and the recent results on memory-efficient monte carlo algorithms, perhaps this tradeoff would work to the computer's advantage.
 
Terry McIntyre

----- Original Message ----
From: "dave.devos at planet.nl" <dave.devos at planet.nl>
To: drd at mit.edu
Cc: computer-go at computer-go.org
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 4:12:58 PM
Subject: Re: [computer-go] an idea for a new measure of a computer go program's rank.

In my opinion lowering the time limit just forces players (human and 
computer) towards random play. I am sure there exists a time limit 
where a random playing program can beat Lee Chang-Ho 50% of the time. 
But what is the use of that? To me it sounds like an invention to be 
able to show some progress in computer go, even if programs don't 
become very much stronger over the years: at least they will become 
quicker :) 

Dave

----- Oorspronkelijk bericht -----
Van: Don Dailey <drd at mit.edu>
Datum: donderdag, januari 18, 2007 11:19 pm
Onderwerp: Re: [computer-go] an idea for a new measure of a computer go
    program's rank.

> There is one way to attempt to adjust for this - give the computer 
> a 1
> or
> 2 second penalty for each move.
> 
> - Don
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2007-01-18 at 16:06 -0600, Nick Apperson wrote:
> > especially because computers don't have to click the relevent move
> > with a mouse.  They just think it and its done.  Make a computer go
> > program move the mouse and click like the human or make a 
> computer go
> > program physically place the stone on the board and if a 
> computer can
> > win in speed go, i'll be impressed then.  Although that is a 
> somewhat> different task
> 
> 
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