Re : [computer-go] Is MC-UCT really scalable ... is a troll

2008-01-23 Thread ivan dubois
Thanks. - Message d'origine De : Russell Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> À : computer-go Envoyé le : Mercredi, 23 Janvier 2008, 18h07mn 27s Objet : Re: Re : Re : [computer-go] Is MC-UCT really scalable ... is a troll On Jan 23, 2008 3:44 AM, Don Dailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Re : Re : [computer-go] Is MC-UCT really scalable ... is a troll

2008-01-23 Thread Russell Wallace
On Jan 23, 2008 3:44 AM, Don Dailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is still nonsense. UCT in actual real world "PRACTICE" responds > dramatically to more hardware, how can you say it's not clear whether > it's scalable in practice? In fairness, he didn't say that. What he said was that our b

Re : Re : [computer-go] Is MC-UCT really scalable ... is a troll

2008-01-23 Thread ivan dubois
that this simple logic has no appeal to most people on this list. - Message d'origine De : Erik van der Werf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> À : computer-go Envoyé le : Mercredi, 23 Janvier 2008, 15h21mn 37s Objet : Re: Re : [computer-go] Is MC-UCT really scalable ... is a troll On

Re: Re : [computer-go] Is MC-UCT really scalable ... is a troll

2008-01-23 Thread Erik van der Werf
On Jan 23, 2008 2:45 PM, ivan dubois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I say a minimax solver, I mean a program witch returns a random move > UNTIL it has completed its search, as I explained in a previous post. A plain minimax solver (without enhancements like iterative deepening) doesn't return

Re : [computer-go] Is MC-UCT really scalable ... is a troll

2008-01-23 Thread ivan dubois
this discussion now, this is so too much pain and way too frustrating. - Message d'origine De : Alain Baeckeroot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> À : computer-go Envoyé le : Mercredi, 23 Janvier 2008, 9h15mn 41s Objet : Re: [computer-go] Is MC-UCT really scalable ... is a troll Le mercredi

Re: [computer-go] Is MC-UCT really scalable ... is a troll

2008-01-23 Thread Heikki Levanto
On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 05:17:48PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Don't make too much of it. A 2-Dan program will play 2-Dan games, not just > occasionally generate a 2-Dan move. :) True. Most weak beginners start the game with a move that is often seen in professional play. Usually 3-3, 3-

Re: [computer-go] Is MC-UCT really scalable ... is a troll

2008-01-23 Thread Alain Baeckeroot
Le mercredi 23 janvier 2008, ivan dubois a écrit : > Hi Alain, > Sorry for being so insistant : You should browse the archive of the list, nearly the same discussion about infinite and scalability happenned in 2007. > > >No i just said that, unless i really understood nothing, i read here from

Re: Re : Re : [computer-go] Is MC-UCT really scalable ... is a troll

2008-01-22 Thread Don Dailey
NLY if >> the play-out part does not have severe misconceptions. So i think that >> currently, only MC based on uniform playouts is infinitely scalable. >> It is well know that even Mogo has troubles with big eyes (he thinks a big >> eye gives life, wich is false). This prob

Re : [computer-go] Is MC-UCT really scalable ... is a troll

2008-01-22 Thread ivan dubois
Hi Alain, Sorry for being so insistant : >No i just said that, unless i really understood nothing, i read here from well >known competent persons that MC+UCT scales infinitely , and would reach perfect >play with infinite computational resources, and this is theoretically proven >(which is not

Re : Re : [computer-go] Is MC-UCT really scalable ... is a troll

2008-01-22 Thread ivan dubois
ity. Ivan - Message d'origine De : Weston Markham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> À : computer-go Envoyé le : Mercredi, 23 Janvier 2008, 0h41mn 08s Objet : Re: Re : [computer-go] Is MC-UCT really scalable ... is a troll (I typed the following up earlier today, before other people cast s

Re: Re : [computer-go] Is MC-UCT really scalable ... is a troll

2008-01-22 Thread Michael Williams
roubles with big eyes (he thinks a big eye gives life, wich is false). This problem can not be solved with more computing power (excep absurdly big, of course you can always mini-max to the end). ----- Message d'origine De : Alain Baeckeroot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> À : computer-go E

Re: [computer-go] Is MC-UCT really scalable ... is a troll

2008-01-22 Thread Alain Baeckeroot
Le mardi 22 janvier 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : > >Infinite scalability is a theoricaly proved property, so please > >don't feed the troll :-) > > Are you saying that the scalability is linear between number of playouts and > ranking? > No i just said that, unless i really understood nothi

Re: Re : [computer-go] Is MC-UCT really scalable ... is a troll

2008-01-22 Thread Weston Markham
t; It is well know that even Mogo has troubles with big eyes (he thinks a big > eye gives life, wich is false). This problem can not be solved with more > computing power (excep absurdly big, of course you can always mini-max to the > end). > > - Message d'origine &

Re : Re : [computer-go] Is MC-UCT really scalable ... is a troll

2008-01-22 Thread ivan dubois
m can not be solved with more > computing power (excep absurdly big, of course you can always mini-max to the > end). > > ----- Message d'origine ---- > De : Alain Baeckeroot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > À : computer-go > Envoyé le : Mardi, 22 Janvier 2008, 22h13mn 26s &

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2008-01-22 Thread ivan dubois
n 30s Objet : Re: Re : Re : [computer-go] Is MC-UCT really scalable ... is a troll On Tue, 22 Jan 2008, ivan dubois wrote: > When people say that MC infinite scalability is mathematicaly proven, > they do not refer to the definition you give, they refer to the > definition I used. No,

Re: Re : Re : [computer-go] Is MC-UCT really scalable ... is a troll

2008-01-22 Thread Christoph Birk
On Tue, 22 Jan 2008, ivan dubois wrote: When people say that MC infinite scalability is mathematicaly proven, they do not refer to the definition you give, they refer to the definition I used. No, they don't. At least not most people on this list. Christoph ___

Re : Re : [computer-go] Is MC-UCT really scalable ... is a troll

2008-01-22 Thread ivan dubois
occasions, provide a worse move (what ever you call a worse move). Ivan - Message d'origine De : Christoph Birk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> À : computer-go Envoyé le : Mardi, 22 Janvier 2008, 22h50mn 29s Objet : Re: Re : [computer-go] Is MC-UCT really scalable ... is a troll On Tue, 22

Re: Re : [computer-go] Is MC-UCT really scalable ... is a troll

2008-01-22 Thread Don Dailey
you can always mini-max to the > end). > > - Message d'origine > De : Alain Baeckeroot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > À : computer-go > Envoyé le : Mardi, 22 Janvier 2008, 22h13mn 26s > Objet : Re: [computer-go] Is MC-UCT really scalable ... is a troll > > Le mardi

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2008-01-22 Thread compgo123
>I think Remi posted a game of CrazyStone on 19x19 commented by one pro >who said "this move is 2 dan level". Don't make too much of it. A 2-Dan program will play 2-Dan games, not just occasionally generate a 2-Dan move. :) >Infinite scalability is a theoricaly proved property, so pl

Re: Re : [computer-go] Is MC-UCT really scalable ... is a troll

2008-01-22 Thread Christoph Birk
On Tue, 22 Jan 2008, ivan dubois wrote: in theory, infinitely scalable. For example, the folowing algorithm is infinitely scalable : Analyse the complete mini-max tree of the game. If enough time to finish, returns the correct move, if not, return a random move. Now, is this algorithm reall

Re : [computer-go] Is MC-UCT really scalable ... is a troll

2008-01-22 Thread ivan dubois
e : Mardi, 22 Janvier 2008, 22h13mn 26s Objet : Re: [computer-go] Is MC-UCT really scalable ... is a troll Le mardi 22 janvier 2008, David Fotland a écrit : > > The UCT-MC programs do particularly well against traditional programs > because they expose the brittleness inherent in the pattern

Re: [computer-go] Is MC-UCT really scalable ... is a troll

2008-01-22 Thread Alain Baeckeroot
Le mardi 22 janvier 2008, David Fotland a écrit : > > The UCT-MC programs do particularly well against traditional programs > because they expose the brittleness inherent in the pattern databases they > use. Strong humans are not so easily beaten by playing unconventional and > somewhat inferior