:-) I do not know what the long-term effects on the game of Go would be of an entity with super-human playing strength. Humans tend to have funny reactions when it comes to computers performing tasks formerly believed to have required intelligence...
In any case, I know some people already play on larger boards and it seemed like a possible reaction to a successful brute-force approach. Erik On Jan 22, 2008 6:03 PM, David Fotland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is an odd idea. When computers started beating people in chess, humans > did not abandon the game and change to some other similar game. Why do you > think go players would stop playing go when computers get strong? > > David > > > > > In the future, when humans are consistently defeated by computers on > > 19x19 and the remaining players move up to a more 'interesting' size, > > will you be claiming that 19x19 isn't Go either? > > > > E. > > > > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > computer-go@computer-go.org > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ > _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
