Re: Some Refactoring Notes

["Brenden T." <brenden rcsis com>]

MattyT wrote:

> Supposedly Go AI is an
> even harder problem than Chess AI, so I'd say that's a distinct
> possibility.
>  
Having played go and read up on the theoretical aspects of its AI, I'd 
agree that it's at least not as well understood as chess, if not 
actually harder.

The new version of GnuGo (3.5.something) is being tested on the server 
where I play (kgs.kiseido.com) and it's darn good.  They've made several 
nice improvements to the AI.  It's merciless against low level players 
and will give even higher level players a tough time.  One good player 
(8 kyu) was playing against it and said "sweet" and "this computer 
[program] rocks" in the chat channel in response to it's moves.

It's just happy coincidence that GnuGo was on my mind when I saw the 
activity on this list pick up.