Life In 19x19

Its being reported that youtube will stream the entire series live.... EXCITING!!!!

http://www.theverge.com/2016/2/5/10921500/deepmind-ai-go-world-champion-live-stream

But he is a top ranked player. He may not be #1, but there's not much difference between him and Ke Jie (as we've seen in the recent MLily Cup).

I was surprised. My wife didn't even bat an eye when I said I'd probably stay up to watch and take the following day off of work.

hyperpape wrote:I was surprised. My wife didn't even bat an eye when I said I'd probably stay up to watch and take the following day off of work.

Just to confirm, the games are being played over 5 days, are you planning to take a week off?

No, I think I will take the first day. I'm only so crazy.

Actually, it makes a big difference how long the games are. Korea is 14 hours ahead of me, unless the games run into the late afternoon, they won't be too late for me.

Ah, yeah, the time limits don't seem likely to lead to super long games.

illluck wrote:Ah, yeah, the time limits don't seem likely to lead to super long games.

I hope Lee Sedol doesn't pick 6 hr long games...

Spaceman-Spiff wrote:

illluck wrote:Ah, yeah, the time limits don't seem likely to lead to super long games.

I hope Lee Sedol doesn't pick 6 hr long games...

I hope he does. Have the time limits been announced?

Not yet.

So far all we know are from the recent tweets: https://twitter.com/demishassabis

Oh, Oops. I got confused and thought the time settings for the Fan Hui games were going to be used

Honestly if they don't play with long time settings I won't care very much. It would be kind of lame of Google claimed victory after winning with absurd time settings. I wouldn't consider the AI to have "won" until it wins with reasonable timing.

speedchase wrote:Honestly if they don't play with long time settings I won't care very much. It would be kind of lame of Google claimed victory after winning with absurd time settings. I wouldn't consider the AI to have "won" until it wins with reasonable timing.

I'm fine as long as Lee sedol is the one who choose time setting, just like Fan Hui games.

pookpooi wrote:

speedchase wrote:Honestly if they don't play with long time settings I won't care very much. It would be kind of lame of Google claimed victory after winning with absurd time settings. I wouldn't consider the AI to have "won" until it wins with reasonable timing.

I'm fine as long as Lee sedol is the one who choose time setting, just like Fan Hui games.

That seems fair.

illluck wrote:Oh, Oops. I got confused and thought the time settings for the Fan Hui games were going to be used

I made the same assumption haha.
Here's hoping to long time settings.

Marcel Grünauer wrote:
Dear media,

1) "Sedol" is not his last name.

2) He is not the world's top-ranked player.

kthxbye

Yes, it is his last name. Koreans put the family name first and the personal name last.