[computer-go] Re: Should 9x9 komi be 8.0 ?]

[terry mcintyre]

Knowing that most current programs have a weakness
with regard to nakade, then any program which believes
it is behind ought to try and exploit such weaknesses,
no?

--- Magnus Persson <magnus.persson at phmp.se> wrote:

> Quoting Christoph Birk <birk at ociw.edu>:
> 
> > On Tue, 4 Mar 2008, Don Dailey wrote:
> >> I really believe the source of peoples confusion
> on this is believing
> >> that the program starts playing "ugly random"
> moves as soon as it is
> >> down a little.     But in fact, when it gets into
> "ugly" mode it is
> >> because the score is very close to 0.0  or in
> some programs like Lazarus
> >> -1.0
> >
> > I thinks it's the source of your confusion. A MC
> program makes
> > "silly" moves when it thinks it will definitely
> lose; but it
> > does so even if the margin of loss is only 0.5
> pts.
> 
> But here you are missing the point that close to 0%
> winning  
> probability means that it cannot win against random
> play. The opponent  
>   could lose only by killing his own groups.
> 
> -Magnus
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Terry McIntyre &lt;terrymcintyre at yahoo.com&gt;

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