[–] awwducks 10y ago ↗ Note that the games were played even and the results were terrifyingly dominant - 5-0.
[–] devy 10y ago ↗ FYI, Fan Hui, the current European Go champion that Google DeepMind defeated, is ONLY a 2nd Dan Go player. The Highest Dan ranking in Go is 9th Dan! [1][1]: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_Hui [–] zdean 10y ago ↗ Put that into perspective for us...if a 2nd Dan player competed against a 9th Dan 100 times, what would be the expected outcome? [–] 2muchcoffeeman 10y ago ↗ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_ranks_and_ratings [–] ricefield 10y ago ↗ Probably better to link here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_professional#Discrepancies_...The difference between an amateur 2D and 9D is not the same as the difference between a professional 2P and 9P.
[–] zdean 10y ago ↗ Put that into perspective for us...if a 2nd Dan player competed against a 9th Dan 100 times, what would be the expected outcome? [–] 2muchcoffeeman 10y ago ↗ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_ranks_and_ratings [–] ricefield 10y ago ↗ Probably better to link here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_professional#Discrepancies_...The difference between an amateur 2D and 9D is not the same as the difference between a professional 2P and 9P.
[–] 2muchcoffeeman 10y ago ↗ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_ranks_and_ratings [–] ricefield 10y ago ↗ Probably better to link here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_professional#Discrepancies_...The difference between an amateur 2D and 9D is not the same as the difference between a professional 2P and 9P.
[–] ricefield 10y ago ↗ Probably better to link here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_professional#Discrepancies_...The difference between an amateur 2D and 9D is not the same as the difference between a professional 2P and 9P.
[–] badri 10y ago ↗ Link to the paper mentioned in the article: https://storage.googleapis.com/deepmind-data/assets/papers/d...
[–] [dead] eccstartup 10y ago ↗ Facebook wants to beat Google. Mark thinks he can challenge the language Go first. Then his research team begins by studying a demo -- game Go.
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[ 4.5 ms ] story [ 40.9 ms ] threadAmazing and impressive!
[1]: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_Hui
The difference between an amateur 2D and 9D is not the same as the difference between a professional 2P and 9P.