I have a strong interest in seeing a 19x19 computer go program that is at least 3-dan by 2010. The recent jump in strength on the 9x9 board has given me new hope and I want to ask people here, especially the authors of strong programs, what you now need to make the next jump in strength. There seem to be four broad categories:
* More hardware (CPU cycles? Memory? Faster networking? Do you just need that hardware for offline tuning, or for playing too?) * More data * New algorithms (if so, to solve exactly what? evaluation? search? other?) * More community By community I mean things like this mailing list, CGOS, open source projects, etc. By data I mean things like: game records, or board positions, marked up with correct/incorrect moves; game records generally; pattern libraries; test suites; opening libraries. Darren -- Darren Cook, Software Researcher/Developer http://dcook.org/mlsn/ (English-Japanese-German-Chinese-Arabic open source dictionary/semantic network) http://dcook.org/work/ (About me and my work) http://darrendev.blogspot.com/ (blog on php, flash, i18n, linux, ...) _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
