Re: [computer-go] Go and IQ training

2007-01-16 Thread Mike Olsson
Can Go be used to increase a person's aptitude. Chris Fant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Getting way off topic now. On 1/16/07, Mike Olsson wrote: > Another question that I would like to ask is what distinguishes a student at > Harvard or at a top school from the rest of the students. And how can

Re: [computer-go] Go and IQ training

2007-01-16 Thread Chris Fant
Getting way off topic now. On 1/16/07, Mike Olsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Another question that I would like to ask is what distinguishes a student at Harvard or at a top school from the rest of the students. And how can one develop the aptitude to reach that level. Or is it just that some p

Re: [computer-go] Go and IQ training

2007-01-16 Thread Mike Olsson
Another question that I would like to ask is what distinguishes a student at Harvard or at a top school from the rest of the students. And how can one develop the aptitude to reach that level. Or is it just that some people are born with a gift. Eduardo Sabbatella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I

Re: [computer-go] Can Go be solved???... PLEASE help!

2007-01-16 Thread David Doshay
On 16, Jan 2007, at 5:45 PM, Don Dailey wrote: For instance if there existed 2 dimensional beings, we could not show them 3 dimensional objects, The answers to this are in "Flatland: A romance of many dimensions" a nice short book by E.A. Abbott. just reflections of them slices and an

Re: [computer-go] Can Go be solved???... PLEASE help!

2007-01-16 Thread Don Dailey
On Tue, 2007-01-16 at 16:21 -0800, Christoph Birk wrote: > On Sat, 13 Jan 2007, Don Dailey wrote: > > One of the theoretical limitations to > > computing power (which was layed out in someones posts) and I have > > always understood to be the case, is related to > > space - the physical size of the

Re: [computer-go] Can Go be solved???... PLEASE help!

2007-01-16 Thread Christoph Birk
On Sat, 13 Jan 2007, Don Dailey wrote: One of the theoretical limitations to computing power (which was layed out in someones posts) and I have always understood to be the case, is related to space - the physical size of the universe. The problem with higher dimensions is that they are small AN

Re: [computer-go] UCT memory issues and scalability

2007-01-16 Thread Don Dailey
On Tue, 2007-01-16 at 20:23 +0100, Łukasz Lew wrote: > There is a good argument why 100 is ok. > When You have about 50 children, then waiting 100 playouts before > start of attaching them results only in 2 playouts per child loss, so > I guess even higher threshold should be OK. And I haven't bot

Re: [computer-go] UCT memory issues and scalability

2007-01-16 Thread Łukasz Lew
There is a good argument why 100 is ok. When You have about 50 children, then waiting 100 playouts before start of attaching them results only in 2 playouts per child loss, so I guess even higher threshold should be OK. Lukasz On 1/16/07, Don Dailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have been doing

[computer-go] UCT memory issues and scalability

2007-01-16 Thread Don Dailey
I have been doing a lot of experiments with the scalability and memory usage of UCT.I'm using the exact scheme that was described like this in a previous posting by someone: Here is a summary of how it works: - Use probability of winning as score, not territory - Use the average outcome a

Re: [computer-go] Go and IQ training

2007-01-16 Thread Eduardo Sabbatella
I have the same IQ than Kasparov, He is millionarie and famous and I'm a moron that have to spend almost all his day coding for food. This is a good proof that IQ tests do not work :-P --- Aidan Karley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > In article > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mike > Olsson > wrote

Re: [computer-go] Re: MC thought

2007-01-16 Thread Eduardo Sabbatella
I tried to finish simulation as soon as dead stone difference was greather than a thresold but I got worst result. Its a totally preliminary. I tried that only one day. I suppose because at the end of the day, the MC simulation will try to fill all the board positions with stones so almost every

Re: [computer-go] Fast Board implementation

2007-01-16 Thread Łukasz Lew
You just can try few, and look whether the percentage of playout wins doesn't change too much. You probably need more that one starting position to test the rule. Lukasz On 1/15/07, George Dahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What should the mercy threshold be for other board sizes than 9 by 9, part