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Re:Ask HN: Can we adapt AlphaZero's self-play technique for ... by theptip on Friday December 08, 2017 @06:53PM (#15883174)
I think GP meant that in the sense of "AlphaZero can only play games that have perfect information". It's a restriction of the algorithm, not a statement about how AlphaZero approaches the games it plays.

This is why AlphaGo leveled up into AlphaZero playing Chess, and didn't learn to play Starcraft (yet).

Re:Ask HN: Can we adapt AlphaZero's self-play technique for ... by paulcole on Friday December 08, 2017 @07:10PM (#15883252)
ah yeah, i gotcha. my bad