Go Talk Announcement Thread

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Go Talk Episode 11: Lee Hajin 3p

https://youtu.be/RNOXgaMOhM4

I have Hajin "Haylee" Lee! We talk about Alpha Go, Go/Baduk in Korea, Hajin's Background in Go/Baduk, Pro Life, and Hajin's stream. Go Talk? More like Baduk Talk.


01:15 Alpha Go: Reactions
02:37 The Strength of Alpha Go?
04:58 The News of Alpha Go
06:52 Creativity in Go
10:47 Style in Go
13:03 Lee Sedol v. Alpha Go
17:46 History of Go/Baduk in Korea
23:33 Popularity of Go/Baduk Nowadays in Korea
25:57 Consumption of Go/Baduk in Korea
28:29 The Promotion of Go/Baduk Worldwide by Korea
34:47 Pro Life in Korea
39:05 A Pro's Mindset
40:40 The Pro Qualification Test
41:28 The Most Stressful Period of Go for Hajin
46:39 Pros and the Games They Play
48:44 The Feeling of Improvement
51:41 The Differences Between Pros, Talent
54:52 Hajin's Beginnings in Go/Baduk
1:01:01 Hajin and Streaming
1:05:54 The Popularity of the Stream
1:07:00 The story of "Haylee"
1:08:18 Being Recognized
1:10:13 Hajin's Upcoming Book

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I have a youtube channel link now!
Both https://www.youtube.com/c/GoTalks or https://www.youtube.com/GoTalks work

that's Talks plural (google wouldn't let me use GoTalk)

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Go Talk Episode 12: Computer Go with Anders Kierulf

https://youtu.be/DHkkR_wM--c

I'm joined with Anders Kierulf, developer of SmartGo. We talk about AlphaGo, the history of Go AI, Go and computers, his SmartGo software, and the origins of the SGF file. Hey Kid! I'm a Computer!

You can check out his software at: https://www.smartgo.com/

00:33 Alpha Go
05:15 Humans v. Computers: The Eventual Loss
07:13 A History of Go AI & How is AlphaGo improving?
18:18 Will AlphaGo be able to explain its moves?
19:50 Humans v. Computers: Learning and Improving
22:01 Do Time Settings matter for Computers?
24:35 Anders and Go: The Beginning
25:54 SmartGo: The Beginnings
27:30 Go Clubs in the 80s
28:49 Computers and Go: A History
34:30 Creativity and Computer Go
38:18 SmartGo the software
42:50 The reception of SmartGo
43:29 SmartGo Player & SmartGo Books
46:30 The SGF File
48:53 Other Go Formats
52:42 Teaching and Go
54:53 Looking Towards the Future
56:38 Pocket AlphaGo or other Go AI?
58:12 The Possible Futures and Current Problems of Go AI
1:00:18 Exploits and Winning? Post-Match Hopes

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Go Talk Episode 13: Keith Arnold

https://youtu.be/PgPYp0-6Bv4

I sit down with Keith Arnold to talk about aspects of the Go Community, some thoughts about Go Clubs, and Go early in its introduction to America. It's Honorable, not Honorary!

00:35 The Early Go Community
07:10 Changes in the Community
11:25 The Human Aspect of Go
15:52 The Value of Putting the Stones Away
21:47 Youth and Go
23:43 Keith and the Go Community
26:16 Advice for Go Clubs
30:40 The Maryland Open and Go Tournaments
38:02 Computers and Tournaments
41:22 Go Congresses
49:17 The First Midnight Madness Tournament
50:38 How Keith Started Go
57:43 Go Learning "Back in the Day"
1:02:38 The Most Compelling Part of Go: Thoughts and Stories
1:11:33 Keith's Advice to Go Players

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Go Talk Episode 14: Q&A with Brady

https://youtu.be/bYF_yucPpNw

I have Brady from Brady's Blunders to answer all the questions you guys have asked! Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Go. But Were Afraid to Ask.

00:52 Q1. What reading materials would you personally recommend for newbies?

02:43 Q2. What are some really good go books you'd recommend, preferably in English.

08:46 Q3. How many joseki do dan players know?

13:23 Q4. What do you think is the best go database bios go?smartgo?something else? Best go database for studying fuseki positions,new moves in joseki

16:26 Q5. What are the best opening moves on the 9 by 9 board?

18:24 Q6. Tournament stories of frequent tournament players.

24:27 Q7. Takemiya Masaki's Quote & The philosophical side of Go.

31:42 Q8. What's been the most surprising part of producing go-related videos? What's been harder than you expected? What's been easier?

36:22 Q9. With the explosive rise in number of english go videos coming available, how do you hope to see asian countries counter this when they have full tv channels dedicated to this type of content? People like you, Andrew, Nick, Hajin, and so many others have popped up on youtube and twitch over the last two years. The content is awesome and only growing. We're seeing more people join the ranks with AlphaGo. Do you hope to see asian countries do the same sort of thing? Do you hope to see professional organizations take to twitch/youtube to help spread the word of the game with live/recorded HD video?

43:20 Q10. Whats the best place to by a go board with legs?

48:09 Q11. Which celebrities play Go?

50:22 Extras: Future Podcast Versions, Episodes, Alpha Go Reactions, etc.

Apologies for the audio hiccup at 25:09 and where else they may or may not be.

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Go Talk Episode 15: Lee Hajin 3p Returns!

Hajin Lee is back! We talk about the Alpha Go matches, Game 4, the significance of Alpha Go, advice for newcomers, and thoughts about playing and improvement. Ah, strong am I with Go, but not that strong.

https://youtu.be/QeC302FDd0I

00:56 Alpha Go Reactions for Hajin and Korea
05:32 The Reach of the Alpha Go Matches
06:33 The immeasurable strength of Alpha Go
07:45 About Game 4
17:23 Learning from Alpha Go (Intro)
18:01 Is Alpha Go playing the right move?
20:53 What can we learn from Alpha Go?
25:08 What we learned from Alpha Go
27:01 The effect of Alpha Go on the newer generation of pros
28:53 Could Lee Sedol beat Alpha Go?
30:31 Other interesting Alpha Go stories
32:27 Playing like Alpha Go
33:22 Other Alpha Go thoughts
35:00 Lee Sedol Post-Alpha Go and the coming Ing Cup
36:19 Advice and thoughts for newcomers to Go
42:38 Advice with frustration and Go
48:17 Does immediate go strength or improvement exist?
49:06 The meaning and use of "Life and Death" problems
52:42 What's enjoyable about Go for Hajin?
56:45 What is Go for Hajin now?
59:43 Improvement aspirations for Hajin.
1:03:05 Advice about improvement
1:05:50 The possibility for improvement for Hajin
1:06:48 A new era

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I posted some brief stories cut from when I was hosting the commentary for Round 2 of the Ing Cup Semi Finals with Myungwan Kim.

You can find the entire game here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kR5NV66vCc

1. Lunch Time
https://youtu.be/_uroswcvjBw

2. About Lee Sedol
https://youtu.be/Ium7dDPhl0s

3. The 7 hour Review
https://youtu.be/TbOjnERSCZc

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Posted some Go Talks did while at the US Go Congress:

Go Talks at Go Congress [08/07/16]
Go Talk 16: Cole D Pruitt and Will Lockhart
https://youtu.be/_xib30ZKHik
We talk about the finished Surrounding Game movie and future plans.

Go Talk 17: Lucas
https://youtu.be/KgORBTqR4pA
We talk a little about Deepmind/Alpha Go.

Go Talk 18: David Nolan
https://youtu.be/tbKvxqK4Ccg
We talk about David's first time at the Go Congress.

Go Talk 19: Everyone and the Go Congress
https://youtu.be/lQWjG6YCrV0
One question, many different answers: "What is your favorite part of the Go Congress?"

[Kirby]

Number 19 is my favorite so far. Awesome idea!

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Go Talk Episode 20: Guo Juan

https://youtu.be/q9hg7UxJkrM

Long time no talk! I have Guo Juan 5p, and we talk about learning Go, thoughts about teaching, her internet go school, and everything in between. Due to some technical constraints, this is an audio only episode.

I heavily recommend checking out her Go School at: https://internetgoschool.com/index.vhtml

00:46 Learning Go in China
07:42 Learning Go in the West
12:59 Why is learning Go so hard?
16:55 How has Guo Juan's approach towards teaching changed over time?
27:14 Advice on learning without a teacher
29:46 Advice on learning with a teacher
35:31 How to learn after you become a pro
39:27 Learning from computers (AlphaGo, Master)
46:29 Do students play like their teachers?
53:09 Is there typically only one good move in Go?

[Drew]

Guo Juan mentions writing an upcoming commentary on one AlphaGo move for a journal. Does anyone know where that was published?