I agree. It might be interesting to set this up a while after the Lee Sedol matches if Ke Jie still holds the #1 spot at at that time. After beating the best player of the past ten years, beating the currently best player would in a way complete AlphaGo's victory over current human Go ability.
On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 4:04 AM, Marc Landgraf <mahrgel...@gmail.com> wrote: > Why would they water down their Lee Sedol game by announcing another > game before their big game has even happened? No matter if that game > would be before or after. > Sounds like an awful PR strategy. > > 2016-02-01 2:51 GMT+01:00 uurtamo . <uurt...@gmail.com>: >> It might even be interesting if it took place *before* the lee sedol match. >> >> s. >> >> On Jan 31, 2016 5:09 PM, "Chaohao Pan" <panchao...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Just in case that no one knows it. Ke Jie has publicly announced that he >>> is willing to play against AlphaGo, even without any prize money. Since Ke >>> Jie is absolutely the current No.1, it would be a good choice to have >>> another match with Ke Jie, time permitting, no matter AlphaGo wins or loses >>> against Lee Sedol,. >>> >>> Chaohao >>> >>> 2016-01-31 13:34 GMT-08:00 John Tromp <john.tr...@gmail.com>: >>>> >>>> > You must be kidding about Lee Sedol. >>>> > ... >>>> > So he was by far the biggest fish Google could ever catch for that >>>> > game, for Go insiders as well as for people outside the Go scene. >>>> >>>> Well said, Marc. >>>> >>>> In terms of name recognition and domination in the past decade, >>>> who else but Lee Sedol should be picked as the "Kasparov of Go" >>>> in the ultimate Man vs Machine match? >>>> >>>> -John >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Computer-go mailing list >>>> Computer-go@computer-go.org >>>> http://computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Computer-go mailing list >>> Computer-go@computer-go.org >>> http://computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Computer-go mailing list >> Computer-go@computer-go.org >> http://computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go > _______________________________________________ > Computer-go mailing list > Computer-go@computer-go.org > http://computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list Computer-go@computer-go.org http://computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
