Computers are much, much better at brute force look-ahead than humans, meaning any advantage the computer gains is only going to get bigger. I understand what you are saying, chess masters were able to beat early chess AIs by figuring out how far ahead the computer was looking, then devising traps that only had consequences occurring more moves in the future than the look-ahead. Why wouldn't that also work for go? I've played the game, but not well enough to understand the limits of look-ahead well.
My understanding from 20 years ago was that the geometric progression of possible game permutations was so large that you couldn't possibly brute force search very many moves ahead, so AI players used book openings and brute force lookahead for end game, but were pretty useless for the middle part of the game. How did they conquer the law of large numbers and solve this? Human players see patterns composed of large numbers of pieces rather than individual pieces, I think that's how they handle the complexity. Did they figure out a way to have the AI "see" patterns larger than individual pieces? I'd actually like to know what strategy they used to make this beat human champions in a problem set that was the epitome of "can't be solved by brute force".
Easy way to beat online poker: Have all but one player be automated and communicating the cards they are holding with each other. This is kind of the reason I don't play online poker; you have no way of knowing whether or not your opponents are collaborating with each other.
"That report linked flooding from a glacial lake with an increase of sexually transmitted infections in women." Once again, repeat after me: correlation does not prove causation!
You don't necessarily lose insurance when you're fired, the COBRA law says you can keep your company insurance for as long as you keep paying for it yourself after you're terminated. I have had a different problem: every time I change jobs, the new health insurance takes at least a month to take effect; apparently they expect you to pay for your own insurance for the first month. And then there was the company that started charging me $300 for health insurance, but never gave me my health insurance card, so I couldn't actually use the health insurance I was paying for...
Back before I turned 30 and my metabolism slowed down, I used to get taunted and teased at work for eating so much and still being so thin. But then, I had coworkers who condescendingly referred to me as "son", too. But hey, I'm a white male, so they can do anything they want, right?
They could just do what I do: attach my fitbit to the dog and let the dog run around in the back yard all day. Here's your frickin' exercise data, suckers!
Couldn't you create a lot more of the same kind of "direct economic activity" just by going around breaking people's legs? (Ok, you're being sarcastic)
Wow, next you're going to tell me that the police have a vested interest in not eliminating crime... although John Oliver did mention a certain Fire Special District that spent a lot of money on Fireworks... hmmm...
My father used to say that Mexican or Chinese restaurants are usually located next door to animal hospitals... the scary thing is how often it turns out to be true once you start looking for it!
That's an interesting question... can you launch a smart missile that can't ultimately be traced back to it's source country? Is it possible to commit and act of war that cannot be retaliated for because the victim can't prove who is responsible for the act in the first place? Sounds like a good plot for the next Mission Impossible movie...
Yeah, Ted, that would be a great idea.. if SDI actually worked. All tests done demonstrated that it didn't work reliably at stopping missiles. Republicans: still offering imaginary solutions to real problems. What do you expect from people that still think the earth is only 6000 years old?
They want more money for prisons because they have stock in the for-profit prison companies, duh! If you were profiting handsomely from locking people up, you'd want more people locked up to! Unless, of course, you weren't a total douchebag, but in that case, you wouldn't be a "conservative" either, would you?
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Computers are much, much better at brute force look-ahead than humans, meaning any advantage the computer gains is only going to get bigger. I understand what you are saying, chess masters were able to beat early chess AIs by figuring out how far ahead the computer was looking, then devising traps that only had consequences occurring more moves in the future than the look-ahead. Why wouldn't that also work for go? I've played the game, but not well enough to understand the limits of look-ahead well.
Get back to me when computers create better porn than humans! (I.e. computers only excel in realms that can be defined well using mathematics.)
My understanding from 20 years ago was that the geometric progression of possible game permutations was so large that you couldn't possibly brute force search very many moves ahead, so AI players used book openings and brute force lookahead for end game, but were pretty useless for the middle part of the game. How did they conquer the law of large numbers and solve this? Human players see patterns composed of large numbers of pieces rather than individual pieces, I think that's how they handle the complexity. Did they figure out a way to have the AI "see" patterns larger than individual pieces? I'd actually like to know what strategy they used to make this beat human champions in a problem set that was the epitome of "can't be solved by brute force".
Easy way to beat online poker: Have all but one player be automated and communicating the cards they are holding with each other. This is kind of the reason I don't play online poker; you have no way of knowing whether or not your opponents are collaborating with each other.
Now the Brazilian police are going to see all the correspondence between me and that Brazilian swimsuit model that's been emailing me!
Screw the salmon!!!
Are you trying to tell me my zero emmissions vehicle... actually produces emmissions?!?
Great point It does look ridiculous enough to be exactly that. How long until they admit it's a hoax?
"That report linked flooding from a glacial lake with an increase of sexually transmitted infections in women." Once again, repeat after me: correlation does not prove causation!
Is it April 1st already?
Wait... this was originally published in The Onion, right?
So it was written by a bunch of frigid bitches, then?
You don't necessarily lose insurance when you're fired, the COBRA law says you can keep your company insurance for as long as you keep paying for it yourself after you're terminated. I have had a different problem: every time I change jobs, the new health insurance takes at least a month to take effect; apparently they expect you to pay for your own insurance for the first month. And then there was the company that started charging me $300 for health insurance, but never gave me my health insurance card, so I couldn't actually use the health insurance I was paying for...
No, no, I had kids to provide spare organs for myself when my original ones wear out... why would I let some other sucker have those organs?
Back before I turned 30 and my metabolism slowed down, I used to get taunted and teased at work for eating so much and still being so thin. But then, I had coworkers who condescendingly referred to me as "son", too. But hey, I'm a white male, so they can do anything they want, right?
They could just do what I do: attach my fitbit to the dog and let the dog run around in the back yard all day. Here's your frickin' exercise data, suckers!
Couldn't you create a lot more of the same kind of "direct economic activity" just by going around breaking people's legs? (Ok, you're being sarcastic)
Wow, next you're going to tell me that the police have a vested interest in not eliminating crime... although John Oliver did mention a certain Fire Special District that spent a lot of money on Fireworks... hmmm...
So, you're a twitter shitter, then?
My father used to say that Mexican or Chinese restaurants are usually located next door to animal hospitals... the scary thing is how often it turns out to be true once you start looking for it!
Why isn't he running for president??? He's in the wrong line of work!
That's an interesting question... can you launch a smart missile that can't ultimately be traced back to it's source country? Is it possible to commit and act of war that cannot be retaliated for because the victim can't prove who is responsible for the act in the first place? Sounds like a good plot for the next Mission Impossible movie...
Strangely enough, on the Democrat side, Hillary is winning the dick size contest... I always suspected there was something special about her!
Yeah, Ted, that would be a great idea.. if SDI actually worked. All tests done demonstrated that it didn't work reliably at stopping missiles. Republicans: still offering imaginary solutions to real problems. What do you expect from people that still think the earth is only 6000 years old?
They want more money for prisons because they have stock in the for-profit prison companies, duh! If you were profiting handsomely from locking people up, you'd want more people locked up to! Unless, of course, you weren't a total douchebag, but in that case, you wouldn't be a "conservative" either, would you?