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Re:Automation Should Be Like Iron Man, Not Ultron by rqebmm on Saturday May 21, 2016 @10:33PM (#11747165)
> I doubt human and AlphaGo would have any advantage over just AlphaGo

I know what you're saying, but I think it's important to remember that AlphaGo was created by humans. The nature of Go pattern recognition was almost assuredly factored into the creation of the algorithm.

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Re:Automation Should Be Like Iron Man, Not Ultron by srtjstjsj on Sunday May 22, 2016 @12:32AM (#11747374)
No. AlphaGo used a general-purpose algorithm with basic Go rules and novice-strategy optimizations.
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