> We would like to find a way to cooperate with the traditional go- > community with little friction. What do you think?
We should cooperate with the Go community as it concerns rules and whether computers are allowed to compete. We should never pressure players to play against computers. It's completely understandable that some will feel threatened as computers continue to improve. But it's really not a threat to the game in any way. If you look at other games, you will see that computers did not hurt them, if anything they helped advertise the game. You will see that the chess community, as well as the computer chess community is thriving. The checkers community was never huge, but it has not been damaged either. I also think "they" have to be reasonable. If one man asks you to stop, he cannot speak for the whole GO community. He can speak for himself. Everything is in the presentation. I have found there are ways to deal with resistance, ask any chess programmer who has been around more than a decade. Always remember that some will be fearful and show them respect and dignity. They have their reputation and they know they are fallible and mortal even when others exaggerate their greatness. Oh, and money never hurts. It shows respect for them because they are, after all, professionals which means it is how they make a living. Whether they cooperate or not, computers will continue to improve so it's not like anything they will do really affects that. - Don On Mon, 2008-08-11 at 13:56 +0200, Basti Weidemyr wrote: > ------------- > The review of Xiao Ai Lin vs Leela: http://www.weidemyr.com/egc/cg/ > XiaoAiLin_Leela-review.sgf > > ------------- > > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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/
