Hi all, I'd like to say first "Congratulations!" to MoGo team.
I have a question. Why do you all call the game as "human vs. computer"? It's obviously a match between Kim 8p and MoGo, a program developped by MoGo team, running on a supercomputer. As both MoGo and the supercomputer were developped by human, the game is clearly (a special type of) human vs. human. I'm afraid it may raise unnecessary emotional thoughts of against computers among people. It might be better to call such a game something of a style "a professinal Goplayer vs. a program with its developper(s)" to emphasize the program was created by human. -Hideki terry mcintyre: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >This is from the AGA newsletter: > >COMPUTER BEATS PRO AT U.S. GO CONGRESS: In a historic achievement, the MoGo >computer program >defeated Myungwan >Kim 8P (l) Thursday afternoon by 1.5 points in a 9-stone game billed as >Humanitys Last Stand? It played really well, said Kim, who >estimated MoGos current strength at two or maybe three dan, though >he noted that the program which used 800 processors, at 4.7 Ghz, 15 >Teraflops on a borrowed European supercomputer made some 5-dan >moves, like those in the lower right-hand corner, where Moyogo took >advantage of a mistake by Kim to get an early lead. I cant tell you >how amazing this is, David Doshay -- the SlugGo programmer who >suggested the match -- told the E-Journal after the game. >Im shocked at the result. I really didnt expect the computer to win >in a one-hour game. Kim easily won two blitz games with 9 stones and >11 stones and minutes and lost one with 12 stones and 15 minutes by 3.5 >points. The games were played live at the U.S. Go Congress, with over >500 watching online on KGS. I think theres no chance on nine stones, >Kim told the EJ after the game. It would even be difficult with eight >stones. MoGo played really well; after getting a lead, every time I >played aggressively, it just played safely, even when it meant >sacrificing some stones. It didnt try to maximize the win and just >played the most sure way to win. Its like a machine. The game >generated a lot of interest and discussion about the games tactics and >philosophical implications. Congratulations on making history today, game >organizer Peter >Drake told both Kim and Olivier Teytaud, one of MoGos programmers, who >participated ina >brief online chat after the game. At a rare loss for words in a brief >interview with the EJ after the game, Doshay wondered How much time do >we have left? Weve improved nine stones in just a year and I suspect >the next nine will fall quickly now. >- reported by Chris Garlock, photo by Brian Allen > > Terry McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > >Wherever is found what is called a paternal government, there is found state >education. It >has been discovered that the best way to insure implicit obedience is to >commence tyranny in >the nursery. > > >Benjamin Disraeli, Speech in the House of Commons [June 15, 1874] > > > > >_______________________________________________ >computer-go mailing list >computer-go@computer-go.org >http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kato) _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
