Personally, I think the next big strength jump would come from combining localized searches/sequences with the global search's MC playouts.
I know my project is still playing catch-up with the stronger programs. I always recommend to new developers that they join forces with other developers to reduce the total work to get a strong bot. I think the more people we have starting from a solid bot implementation, the faster we'll discover the next great strength breakthrough. On Mon, 2008-07-28 at 10:23 +0900, Darren Cook wrote: > I have a strong interest in seeing a 19x19 computer go program that is > at least 3-dan by 2010. The recent jump in strength on the 9x9 board has > given me new hope and I want to ask people here, especially the authors > of strong programs, what you now need to make the next jump in strength. > There seem to be four broad categories: > > * More hardware (CPU cycles? Memory? Faster networking? Do you just > need that hardware for offline tuning, or for playing too?) > > * More data > > * New algorithms (if so, to solve exactly what? evaluation? search? other?) > > * More community > > By community I mean things like this mailing list, CGOS, open source > projects, etc. > > By data I mean things like: game records, or board positions, marked up > with correct/incorrect moves; game records generally; pattern libraries; > test suites; opening libraries. > > Darren > _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
