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Re:Go master Cho wins best-of-three series against Japan-mad... by convolvatron on Thursday November 24, 2016 @08:39PM (#13033889)
i play go, nowhere near the retired semi-professional level

my backwater go community doesnt really care about computers because we're too focussed on trying not to be so lousy, and on the conversation. the light chase.

i'm super curious...when you see alpha against sedol, or whatever this is against chikun. do you read something there? is there a character?

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Re:Go master Cho wins best-of-three series against Japan-mad... by conanbatt on Friday November 25, 2016 @12:49PM (#13038479)
About 4 years ago, a friend i know used a 3-4d level computer against me for a fraction of his game. I noticed something was off, i actually thought he was being substituted, but it didnt cross my mind it was a bot. However, it was a very tactical situation.

Looking at alpha, something similar but at higher level happens: it looks so profoundly tactical that its hard to catch character from it. I can tell how Lee felt however: like i felt playing people close to his level, like you play a wall that you cant read.

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