>>* whether or not computers can beat humans at go on a *>> 19x19 board in a reasonable amount of time is unrelated >>* to mathematics.*
> Because solving the game is not a prerequesite for beating the humans. > There are very obvious examples....(chess) I never questioned that. The way I read Steve's statement... mathematics has no bearing on the ability of a human to beat a computer. Maybe he doesn't quite mean that statement but I was responding to it. I offered a way that math could lead to an important finding for computer go. Most of the papers I have read on computer go did include math. It seems that complexity of algorithms is something that affects all go programmers alike. I don't see why Steve is so against me pondering the complexity of various solutions for making a computer that plays go well. It also seems that his proofs are contested and not necessarily accepted as fact.
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