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

[Gian-Carlo Pascutto]

Magnus Persson wrote:
> Quoting Don Dailey <drdailey at cox.net>:
> 
>> Just to make it clear, the case we want to "fix" is the case where many
>> bots are programmed to resign.   Lazarus will resign when the score is
>> below 1%  (and has remained so for a couple of moves in a row which is
>> probably just a superstition on my part to delay it.)
> 
> Valkyria is an aggressive resigner and does so below 10% already, and I 
> have no memory of it resigning in a position where it was meaningful to 
> play on.

When playing against humans, there's the question of what to do if 
winrate is <10%, we have 15 minutes left on the clock, and the (human) 
opponent has less than 1 minute left and we're playing absolute time.

Leela right now resigns, which is nice. But maybe too naive.

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GCP