Swimming with Alphago

26 Pages Posted: 12 Apr 2017

Date Written: March 17, 2017

Abstract

“You know, it doesn't work if you just try to copy Alphago; you have to understand it.” - Jennie Shin 2p

Alphago often makes moves that pro commentators call strange, which in light of her successes may not be as daft as they seem.

An analysis of one such “strange” move in a recent game with world #1 Ke Jie, made through the lens of a commonsense Go algorithm, reveals that it's not so strange after all.

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Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Reasoning, Perception

JEL Classification: D83, C72

Suggested Citation

Didales, Kynszch, Swimming with Alphago (March 17, 2017). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2934932 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2934932

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