> not something he would necessarily do in a professional tournament. perhaps true. money is a great motivating force, even small amounts of money (as don has pointed out in the past).
s. On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 7:57 AM, Robert Waite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yeah.. the misclick question is another fuzzy point. There was a lot of > debate in the actual game about what was happening... but there is the > difficulty of having weak players and strong players commenting. The only > person who really knew what was happening and the direction of play is Mr. > Kim. > > I hope that information becomes available as there are many stakeholders > hoping that the results of this game provide hope for a computer crushing > human opponents : ) > > I have a feeling that the devs are going to put out more information.. if > anyone here finds solid information in the coming weeks.. please post it > here so it is easier to find. > > What I would really hope for is someone who has a channel to Mr. Kim. This > event received some coverage in AGA eJournal and certainly some here.. but > to me this was a huge victory where the implications of the game did not > come out until the victory. I feel that if this had occured in Japan or > Korea... there would be general newspaper articles about the whole match... > and there would have been dedicated reporters at the event. It would be > really nice to have an interview with Mr. Kim to give stakeholders as much > information as possible. I am sure that the Mogo devs are getting feedback > from him... it would be nice for people in general to have Mr. Kim's take. > > The speed with which he played as well as the idea that he was laughing and > clapping would indicate that he perhaps was testing the game and did not > consider this a "Showdown". Perhaps he was very surprised with its strength > compared to other software he has played and was testing various aspects > with his play... not something he would necessarily do in a professional > tournament. This is all conjecture since we do not have a solid record yet > of what Mr. Kim thought. My feelings are that even if Kim gave it his all... > the overall result would have been the same: a computer got extremely strong > very quickly.. and this indicates that researchers are on the right track. > > I am sure he is busy.. and he may even give Korean interviews about what > happened... but if anyone finds information about Mr. Kims perspective of > the game... I think it would be of great interest to the computer go > community. > > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > computer-go@computer-go.org > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ > _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
