There is going to be a match at Go between a human professional and a computer (a 3000 node cluster in France).
KGS is a free Go server; you can download a java client and watch the game in progress. KGS is www.goKGS.com, and you can get CGoban from http://www.gokgs.com/download.xhtml. Drop me a note if any questions. The human is "8p", meaning 8-dan professional; not quite 3 stones stronger than the bottom 1d pro, who in turn would give me (an amateur 1d) at least 6 stones (probably more). Edward Lasker said that 3 stones handicap at Go is comparable to knight odds at chess (although I think that overstates). Peter The notice from the AGA is: *HUMAN-COMPUTER SHOWDOWN AT CONGRESS*: While computers long ago surpassed humans at chess, the best go programs haven't been able to hold a candle to professional human players. In 1997, Janice Kim -- then a professional 1-dan -- beat Handtalk, then the strongest program, despite giving the program a 25-stone handicap. There has been considerable progress in computer go research since then - do humans still reign supreme? Find out on Thursday, August 7 at 1P, when Kim MyungWan 8P takes on MoGo, the world's strongest computer go program. MoGo will connect remotely from France, where it will be running on a supercomputer boasting over 3,000 processor cores. The game will be broadcast live on KGS.
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