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Re:Go master Lee Se-dol says he quits, unable to win over AI... by kerkeslager on Thursday November 28, 2019 @12:44AM (#21654886)
I've heard many times that people come to Hacker News because the comments are better than the articles.

I have to say, I'm just continually puzzled by this. In this thread, yours is the only comment where it appears that the commenter read beyond the first few paragraphs. There are numerous comments by people speaking authoritatively on go and AlphaGo, who have clearly not studied either significantly.

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Re:Go master Lee Se-dol says he quits, unable to win over AI... by bonoboTP on Thursday November 28, 2019 @08:18AM (#21657074)
In a way what you describe is consistent.

If people like the comments better than the articles, it's not so surprising that they like to spend time reading and writing comments instead of reading the articles.

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Re:Go master Lee Se-dol says he quits, unable to win over AI... by kkarakk on Thursday November 28, 2019 @03:06AM (#21655460)
I think it's because few of us truly care that a "go master" exists and him stopping play isn't meaningfully important to rest of us.
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Re:Go master Lee Se-dol says he quits, unable to win over AI... by kerkeslager on Saturday November 30, 2019 @08:28PM (#21673213)
Okay, but I come across this all the time on any topic I have some knowledge of: the articles might be bad, but the commentary and discussion is always much worse--it's clear to me that most commenters don't read the links. There are only a handful of commenters whose comments are worth reading.
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