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Re:DarkForest: Deep learning engine for playing Go from Face... by farresito on Friday June 17, 2016 @11:41AM (#11923281)
Would those companies have any interest in publishing all their research if it gets to the point where it actually means something winning this tournament?
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Re:DarkForest: Deep learning engine for playing Go from Face... by atonse on Friday June 17, 2016 @12:06PM (#11923446)
Sure why not? There isn't any competitive advantage in the AI model for beating this game – there's probably tangential knowledge and experience gained.

Maybe someone can clarify but it doesn't seem like hoarding this model (specific to playing Go) would help Google have an advantage in their search algorithms over Facebook, for example.

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