It's a question I have often contemplated. I don't think you can do
anything now that will greatly influence what the level in 2010 will
be. You have to think a little longer term. What it takes is fairly
simple, it takes a million bucks per year (roughly). Getting that
million bucks is not so simple, but if I had it to spend on
computer-Go, here's what I'd do:
- Use a system like CGOS to create an online testing system / community.
- At some predetermined date the top n programs (say 16) get a
standard state-of-the-art PC to work on.
- Half a year later those 16 programs play an extensive tournament
using the standard hardware.
- Prize-money is $100K, $80K, $60K, $40K and $20K for the top five.
- All participants contribute their source-code to an open-source
project created for this event.
- The cost of organising the competition above is about $500K per
year, the other $500K is spent on hiring a team of expert programmers
who incorporate the contributions of the competing programs into an
open-source framework.
This is sketchy and lacks some vital details, but you get the idea.
The main points are
a) Everybody starts from an equal base each year.
b) The PC used is a standardized piece of equipment.
c) The prize-money is enough to make people turn in their source-code.
Since coming in 2nd or 3rd isnt much less an achievement as coming in
1st, the prize-money is also not much less.
With a competition like this in place, I think the progress in a
decade will be astounding.
Now we have to find a sugar-daddy who's willing to put in the $1M each year :-)
Mark
On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 10:23 PM, Darren Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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
>
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