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pdpi26 karma

Michael Redmond mentioned that Alpha Go might lead us a completely new theory of openings. What was so special about alpha go's openings, versus its mid or late game?

pdpi12 karma

Alpha go's strategy seemed to be pretty novel -- Part of its dominance seems to come from identifying when it's the tiniest bit ahead, then defending that margin to the exclusion of all else.

Is this something that's feasible for human players to adopt as a dominant strategy? Is it even desirable? Or does it depend too much on the computer's perception of the game?

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Actually, I found that to be one of the best moments of the game. Bloody hard, but a successful attempt takes like what? 40 seconds tops? And failure is always less time than that, plus you're put back in position to start again in no time flat, while success feels like that great sort of genuine, hard-earned, success you rarely get with most other games.

Ultimately, I just accepted that I was going to fail a lot before I got there, and appreciated what little victories I had. One more obstacle I'm consistently overcoming, one more screen I can get to, etc. The fast cycle around failing and retrying, to me, did away with most of the frustration.