Mysterious Go Master Blitzes Competition, Rattles Game Community

post by scarcegreengrass · 2017-01-04T17:18:34.479Z · LW · GW · Legacy · 8 comments

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comment by scarcegreengrass · 2017-01-04T17:21:39.903Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

Summary: A Go player with the username 'Master' has appeared on Go websites such as Yicheng and Yehu this month. They have repeatedly won against multiple world champions. Commentators suspect Master is a software system similar to or related to AlphaGo.

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comment by scarcegreengrass · 2017-01-04T17:23:04.919Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

A 14k USD bounty has been placed on the difficult task of beating Master.

comment by scarcegreengrass · 2017-01-04T17:34:07.931Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

Opinion: This is approximately on schedule.

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comment by onlytheseekerfinds · 2017-01-04T20:11:38.441Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

Calculemus...

comment by WalterL · 2017-01-04T20:36:22.232Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

It's AlphaGo, a buddy in Google is talking about how it has a match lined up next year, but that will probably be the last one.