[computer-go] Skynet likes Go

2008-11-25 Thread Michael Williams
There was a Computer Go reference on last night's episode of "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles". ___ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/

Re: [computer-go] Skynet likes Go

2008-11-25 Thread terry mcintyre
> From: Michael Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > There was a Computer Go reference on last night's episode of "Terminator: The > Sarah Connor Chronicles". Well, you must give us more than that! Who said what? ___ computer-go mailing list compute

Re: [computer-go] Skynet likes Go

2008-11-25 Thread Michael Williams
You should be watching the show! Last season had references to a chess computer which they thought might be a precursor to Skynet. Now there is a new candidate A.I. and it's designer plays Go instead of chess. So the good Terminator briefly studied the game. "Strange things happen at the 1-2

Re: [computer-go] Skynet likes Go

2008-11-25 Thread dhillismail
It's not auspicious. Last season, some poor computer chess developer got assassinated, and this episode a computer go start-up got violently taken apart. And this was at the hands of the good guys! -Dave Hillis -Original Message- From: Michael Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: computer-

Re: [computer-go] Skynet likes Go

2008-11-25 Thread terry mcintyre
From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's not auspicious. Last season, some poor computer chess developer got assassinated, and this episode a computer go start-up got violently taken apart. And this was at the hands of the good guys! -Dave Hillis Sha

Re: [computer-go] Skynet likes Go

2008-11-25 Thread Bob Hearn
The episode was actually called "Strange Things Happen at the One Two Point" (which I noticed on Tivo before watching it -- I had to do a double take). Perhaps the first time a go proverb has been the title of a TV show? On Nov 25, 2008, at 3:08 PM, Michael Williams wrote: You should be

Re: [computer-go] Skynet likes Go

2008-11-25 Thread Michael Williams
It's only a matter of time before MoGo becomes self-aware and destroys us all. ;) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's not auspicious. Last season, some poor computer chess developer got assassinated, and this episode a computer go start-up got violently taken apart. And this was at the hands of th

Re: [computer-go] Skynet likes Go

2008-11-25 Thread Peter Drake
On Nov 25, 2008, at 3:49 PM, Michael Williams wrote: It's only a matter of time before MoGo becomes self-aware and destroys us all. ;) Silence! Destroy him! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGoi1MSGu64 (The video is "The Humans Are Dead" by Flight of the Conchords. For those concerned abo

Re: [computer-go] Skynet likes Go

2008-11-25 Thread Michael Williams
The movie "Pi" is what got me interested in Go. I looked up the game out of curiosity. When I found out that it was hard for computers, I was hooked. grok wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The episode was actually called "Strange Things Happen at the One Two Point" (w

Re: [computer-go] Skynet likes Go

2008-11-25 Thread grok
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > The episode was actually called "Strange Things Happen at > the One Two Point" (which I noticed on Tivo before > watching it -- I had to do a double take). Perhaps the > first time a go proverb has been the title of a TV show? I wonder how many