Re: [Computer-go] *****SPAM***** Re: Mastering the Game of Go with Deep Neural Networks and Tree Search

2016-02-02 Thread David Fotland
Amazon uses deep neural nets in many, many areas. There is some overlap with the kind of nets used in AlphaGo. I passed a link to the paper on to one of our researchers and he found it very interesting. DNN works very well when there is a lot of labelled data to learn from. It can be useful

Re: [Computer-go] *****SPAM***** Re: Mastering the Game of Go with Deep Neural Networks and Tree Search

2016-02-02 Thread David Fotland
Since I sell go software, providing explanations is an interesting topic for me. Weaker players want something that can help them learn, and this requires more than just "This is the best move". Many Faces gives crude explanations, and it’s something I will continue to work on. On the other h

Re: [Computer-go] *****SPAM***** Re: Mastering the Game of Go with Deep Neural Networks and Tree Search

2016-02-02 Thread David Fotland
Robert, please consider some of this as the difference between math and engineering. Math desires rigor. Engineering desires working solutions. When an engineering solution is being described, you shouldn't expect the same level of rigor as in a mathematical proof. Often all we can say is so