On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 12:11:55AM +0100, Stefan Kaitschick wrote: > > A professional gambler has a 2 step task. > 1. Find a weaker player (aka "fish") [...] > So the whole idea of "optimizing" the score it totally besides the point.
I was using the professional gambler as a rational player in an idealized and defined setting. The point was to get around all the talk about player modelling, gods and devils, fish, and whatnot. Sure all of that other stuff is interesting and appropriate in a real setting, but the discussion wasn't getting anwhere. Even a professional poker player looking for fish or playing in tournaments understands the basic probabilities and fundamental concepts like implied odds that have nothing to do with psychology or player skill. -Jeff _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
