History made: Go program MoGo beats professional player in 9-stone game

by dood • 18 years ago

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dood• 18 years ago

As far as I'm aware this is the first time a Go program has been shown to play at or above Dan level at 19x19 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_ranks_and_ratings].

Alex3917• 18 years ago

Kurzweil was right. Looks like we just might live long enough to live forever after all.

tptacek2• 18 years ago

Isn't 9x9 Go substantially easier, computationally, from 19x19?

sysop073• 18 years ago

Yes, but this was a 19x19 game, you can see it on the screen in the background. The "9 stones" is referring to the computer's handicap

Eliezer• 18 years ago

A 9-stone game means a 9-stone handicap, not a 9x9 board.

tptacek2• 18 years ago

Ah, thanks.

apu• 18 years ago

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rbanffy• 18 years ago

This proves at least one of two things: that computers can be more intelligent than people or that one doesn't need to be intelligent to play Go.

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