I hate to address it, but access to the binary would pretty much give away the structure of the prng.
s. On Jan 27, 2012 8:46 AM, Ingo Althöfer <[email protected]> wrote: > Petr Baudis <[email protected]>: > > Ingo Althofer wrote: > > > David Fotland is willing to provide the old bot - also for sparring > > > sessions on KGS. > > > > Will David also try to compete? :-) > > Serious point. I did not have that in mind. > > In principle I would allow him to participate - as long as > he does not exploit the exact structure of the "pseudo-random" > generator within MF. > Knowing David for several years now as an honorable man, > I would believe him when he gives his word on this. > > > Of course, for experiments it would be neat to have a binary of this > > version, but maybe that would make the challenge too easy (or prone to > > overtuning). > > As long as MF would play randomly enough, it would remain a > difficult task. > > > Anyway, sounds wonderful, and Martin Mueller's play in that game is > > quite something. I'm looking forward to giving this challenge to Pachi. > > I think, sophisticated "dynamic komi" will not be enough to achieve the > level. > You will need some sort of opponent modelling. But future will show. > > And looking over the fence: When a win at handicap 29 is achieved how much > further could strong bots go? > > 33? > or 37? > or 49? > > Ingo. > -- > Empfehlen Sie GMX DSL Ihren Freunden und Bekannten und wir > belohnen Sie mit bis zu 50,- Euro! https://freundschaftswerbung.gmx.de > _______________________________________________ > Computer-go mailing list > [email protected] > http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go >
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