Semi-skeptical discussion of the Google Go-playing paper: https://medium.com/backchannel/has-deepmind-really-passed-go-adc85e256bec#.lar62he8k … (HT @concutere & others)
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Replying to @hikikomorphism
@voidfraction@Meaningness@admittedlyhuman I've played Go a few times, it's an interesting game. I'm tempted to describe it as "nebulous"1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @niftierideology
@niftierideology@voidfraction@admittedlyhuman The rules are perfectly non-nebulous. The patterns might be described as nebulous…1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Meaningness
@niftierideology@voidfraction@admittedlyhuman … but a linear combination of a large number of features may feel nebulous even tho trivial.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Meaningness
@niftierideology@voidfraction@admittedlyhuman Not suggesting it’s actually linear, just that even that trivial case could make it seem >1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Meaningness
@niftierideology@voidfraction@admittedlyhuman > much deeper than it actually is.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Meaningness
@niftierideology@voidfraction@admittedlyhuman Chess champs are often in 20s; Go GMs often in 80s. Just playing a lot of games is important1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @Meaningness
@niftierideology@voidfraction@admittedlyhuman > because there isn’t much actual structure. AlphaGo maybe just memorized a very large # of1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@niftierideology@voidfraction@admittedlyhuman > winning local configurations; which isn’t interesting, is it?2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
@niftierideology @voidfraction @admittedlyhuman Not interesting inasmuch as NN not required. Maybe much simpler method would have worked.
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Replying to @Meaningness
@niftierideology@voidfraction@admittedlyhuman Missing control experiment: for same amount of GPU time, would simpler ML method work better2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Meaningness
@Meaningness@voidfraction@admittedlyhuman I'd be interested in the outcome of that experiment1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes - 10 more replies
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