Yeah.. the misclick question is another fuzzy point. There was a lot of debate in the actual game about what was happening... but there is the difficulty of having weak players and strong players commenting. The only person who really knew what was happening and the direction of play is Mr. Kim.
I hope that information becomes available as there are many stakeholders hoping that the results of this game provide hope for a computer crushing human opponents : ) I have a feeling that the devs are going to put out more information.. if anyone here finds solid information in the coming weeks.. please post it here so it is easier to find. What I would really hope for is someone who has a channel to Mr. Kim. This event received some coverage in AGA eJournal and certainly some here.. but to me this was a huge victory where the implications of the game did not come out until the victory. I feel that if this had occured in Japan or Korea... there would be general newspaper articles about the whole match... and there would have been dedicated reporters at the event. It would be really nice to have an interview with Mr. Kim to give stakeholders as much information as possible. I am sure that the Mogo devs are getting feedback from him... it would be nice for people in general to have Mr. Kim's take. The speed with which he played as well as the idea that he was laughing and clapping would indicate that he perhaps was testing the game and did not consider this a "Showdown". Perhaps he was very surprised with its strength compared to other software he has played and was testing various aspects with his play... not something he would necessarily do in a professional tournament. This is all conjecture since we do not have a solid record yet of what Mr. Kim thought. My feelings are that even if Kim gave it his all... the overall result would have been the same: a computer got extremely strong very quickly.. and this indicates that researchers are on the right track. I am sure he is busy.. and he may even give Korean interviews about what happened... but if anyone finds information about Mr. Kims perspective of the game... I think it would be of great interest to the computer go community.
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