And the debate goes on ( Read more... )

Written by Ewen Callaway, online reporter for NewScientist

Go (the Asian board game once thought too complex for computers to master) is finally succumbing to silicon power...

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What is/are "Intelligence", understanding, "mind" and meaning ( Read more... )

After I wrote my last LJ post (where I mentioned an AI program which plays Go) I was searching for info on AI, and I came across this:
http://spectrum.ieee.org/singularity

Interesting, huh?

Southern California sent a respectable contingent, here are some of the highlights ( Read more... )

Cracking GO By Feng - Hsiung Hsu
First Published October 2007 < http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/oct07/5552Read more... )

Since there are already good chess programs I don't find this feat very interesting. Although I am interested in wei-chi programs because the decision tree has many more branches. I did find the below quotes interesting though ( Read more... )

Yesterday (late last night) I got to 3rd Dan (Black Belt) vs IgoWin! - then I went to bed (very pleased with myself). I woke up very late today, turned on the computer & played a few more "games of go/Wei-Chi" vs IgoWin & I got to 4th Dan! Although I have to say IgoWin made a few bad moves that even a 17-kyu level player would have noticed... ( Read more... )

I got to the 2 Dan (Black Belt) rank in IgoWin again today.
Yeah for me!
- note to self, the "AI" is great at close quarter fighting but bad at strategy or "seeing" a wide spread trap.

The Singularity (when Humans Transcend Biology) is Near ( Read more... )