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The review of Xiao Ai Lin vs Leela: http://www.weidemyr.com/egc/cg/
XiaoAiLin_Leela-review.sgf
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Several people at the congress expressed worries to me about what
would happen to the sport Go, if computer programs became stronger
and threatened to defeat the strongest men. Go would lose its
advantage over chess, they said, and people would feel redundant as
computers could do it better.
One man asked me repeatedly to quit running challenges between
professionals and computers. The professionals themselves became very
nervous when we asked them to play against a computer. It is not hard
to imagine the bold headlines after losing, but it is hard to imagine
them after winning.
The game between MoGo and Kim Myung Wan was unique, since MoGo run on
a large cluster and interesting to watch. (Congratulations MoGo
team!) It was also a great way of showing people the progress that
has been made in computer-go recently. However, maybe we do not need
to use these kinds of challenges as a means of getting media attention.
We would like to find a way to cooperate with the traditional go-
community with little friction. What do you think?
Best regards
Basti Weidemyr
kgs: sestir
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