X-Message-Number: 8478 From: Andre Robatino <> Subject: Re: CryoNet #8474 - #8475 Date: Wed, 20 Aug 97 10:54:48 EDT > Message #8475 > Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 22:54:37 -0700 (PDT) > From: John K Clark <> > Subject: Computers and games > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > When a computer became the world Chess champion a few months ago the > apologists for biological brains were saying there were plenty of other games > where humans still had a commanding lead, the two most common examples given > were Go and Othello. Last week a computer beat Takeshi Murakami, the world > Othello champion, 6 games in a row. Any bets on how long Go will hold out? > From what I remember reading, the last time the human Othello world champion competed and won against a computer was in 1980, and computers have been regularly beating human experts for a long time (in competitions on the Net, they would remain anonymous to avoid embarrassment). So the outcome was not surprising. So far, Go programs have not gotten past the human Novice level. The standard search tree method is unsuitable for this game, and new ideas will be needed for a dramatic improvement. On the other hand, not a lot of effort has gone into Go programming to date. I give it about 10 years. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=8478