Uberdude wrote:There's just been
another case of an accusation, conviction, and punishment for Leela assistance cheating in the online go world, this time in the Creators Invitation Tournament, an informal event for streamers (people who broadcast video of themselves talking whilst playing go). But rather than learning from the mistakes of the PGETC case with Carlo, they've made the same ones, plus some more. So the same Leela top 3 metric was used (probably without the stricter within 5% win rate of top 1 clause, though in my test that was hardly relevant), a figure of 95% found, and then the player convicted and thrown out of the tournament. On the plus side an sgf of that game with the analysis was released, but no control seems to have been done, nor human analysis of the plausibility of the moves in the game (RobertT, a dan player who's been around a while said it looked pretty normal).
Again, people are falling into the trap of matching plays. If you want to know whether a player plays like Leela, that is a good thing to look at. But that is not the same thing as whether a player is cheating. I'll not belabor the point, I have made it before. In fact, looking at the game, I have found evidence that Triton (White) was not cheating.
$$Wcm44 Critical error, says Leela
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[go]$$Wcm44 Critical error, says Leela
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Leela regards

as a critical error, preferring the approach at "a". According to Leela, that approach gives White a 56-44 lead, while Triton's move gives Black a 52-48 lead. Not only is

an 8 pt. blunder, according to Leela, it yields the advantage to Black. Yes, it is Leela's second best play, but so what? It's a bad play. Furthermore, Leela's number one play, the approach, is an ordinary play, one which will not arouse suspicion. If you are going to use Leela to cheat, this is the perfect time to do so. What are your accusers going to say?
Oh, look, he didn't make a blunder.???
Edit: I can't load the commented SGF file, but here are the next few plays.
$$Wcm44 Black blunders back
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[go]$$Wcm44 Black blunders back
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Perhaps White thought that Black would reply at 49 right away, but Black found Leela's best play,

. However, for

Leela recommends 50.

, it says, was a blunder that cost 24%.
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For

Leela recommends "a", but Black plays

and

. Leela regards

as a 10% blunder. With

Leela gives White a 67-33 lead.