After a brief break for the holidays, Michael Redmond 9P and Chris Garlock return with their latest AlphaGo vs. AlphaGo game commentary.
The game features a ponnuki* near the center of the board," and Redmond says that "nowadays with people getting new ideas from AI's, a lot of the old ideas -- the old values, you might say -- about things like ponnukis or josekis have been questioned. So in this game we get to see how an AI handles a ponnuki." After that, Redmond warns, "things get very tactical, there's a lot of calculating, a lot of groups and you have to figure out what's alive and what's dead; there's a lot to figure out."
The commentary was originally streamed live on Twitch, which gave viewers a chance to interact with Redmond and Garlock, who will be live-streaming more game commentaries -- some AlphaGo vs. AlphaGo and some of Redmond's games -- on January 16, 23 and 30 on the AGA's Twitch channel. Follow the AGA’s Twitch channel and get notified of live streams.
* Capturing a single stone, leaving a diamond shape. According to the proverb, "A ponnuki is worth thirty points" Sensei's Library
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