Google achieves AI 'breakthrough' by beating Go champion

Re:Google achieves AI 'breakthrough' by beating Go champion by apetresc on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @02:58PM (#10982684)

In the recent 5-game match between Jie and Sedol a few weeks ago, it was decided in Ke Jie's favour by less than a single point in the fifth game. It literally would have come out differently if they'd used a subtly different (commonly used) scoring ruleset. It's not at all clear who's stronger at their peak.

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Re:Google achieves AI 'breakthrough' by beating Go champion by DavidSJ on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @05:31PM (#10984072)

Keep in mind that professionals are counting throughout the game, and are playing to win, not to win by a lot. So a 0.5 point victory may simply mean the victor was confident in their position and chose not to take unnecessary risks.

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Re:Google achieves AI 'breakthrough' by beating Go champion by hyperpape on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @08:53PM (#10985470)

I follow professional go. It's true that you play safely when you're ahead, which narrows the margin, but .5 is still considered tightly fought.

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Re:Google achieves AI 'breakthrough' by beating Go champion by iopq on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @09:38PM (#10985732)

That's not true, because Ke Jie would not have played the dame points if Japanese scoring would be used.

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Re:Google achieves AI 'breakthrough' by beating Go champion by beefman on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @03:02PM (#10982727)

No, but it's clear who's stronger on average.

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Re:Google achieves AI 'breakthrough' by beating Go champion by Rylinks on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @04:20PM (#10983486)

Wasn't the margin in the 5th game b+1.5?

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