Tag Archives: AI

January

Posted on 2018-01-07 by John

Looking forward… January PGETC Round 5 Ireland will face Iceland on Jan 23rd – http://pandanet-igs.com/communities/euroteamchamps/rounds/445 2018 Correspondance Tournament Entries are closed and the tournament is underway – https://senseis.xmp.net/?IrishCorrespondence Much further ahead… March Full details are now available for this year’s … Continue reading →

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Feel obsolete yet?

Posted on 2017-12-10 by John

DeepMind’s AlphaZero Crushes Chess a generic version of their [Deepmind’s] algorithm, with no specific knowledge other than the rules of the game, could train itself for four hours at chess … and then beat the reigning computer champions – i.e. … Continue reading →

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November

Posted on 2017-11-01 by John

Looking forward… November Cork Go Tournament 2017 November 25th & 26th in St. Fin Barre’s Cathedral Hall – https://www.corkgo.org/?p=1022 PGETC Ireland will face Greece on November 14th – http://pandanet-igs.com/communities/euroteamchamps/rounds/443 Much further ahead… 2018 Next year’s Confucius Cup will take place … Continue reading →

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October

Posted on 2017-10-04 by John

Looking forward… October Ireland back Online The Online Go Club is restarting this thursday – http://www.irish-go.org/2017/10/03/october-news/ PGETC Ireland emerged from its first round 2-2 vs Kazakhstan – http://pandanet-igs.com/communities/euroteamchamps/rounds/441 25 Years EGCC Anniversary Tournament The European Go Cultural Centre in Amstelveen … Continue reading →

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June

Posted on 2017-05-31 by John

Future of Go Summit Edition Defeating Ke Jie 3-0, and taking down an entire team of cooperating pros, AlphaGo lost only to itself (plus human partner) in Pair Go – https://deepmind.com/research/alphago/alphago-china/ AlphaGo’s next move – https://deepmind.com/blog/alphagos-next-move/ Deepmind say this is … Continue reading →

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The Great Joseki Debate

Posted on 2017-05-29 by John

Viktor Lin muses on how AlphaGo is opening our eyes to blind spots in long-accepted Go theory: A new perspective on the star point and the implications thereof I hope no one was too heavily invested in those now outdated … Continue reading →

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