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wasoxygen · 2607 days ago · link · · parent · post: Starting from random play and given no domain knowledge, AlphaZero achieved within 24 hours a superhuman level of play in the games of chess, shogi, and Go
I agree that's a significant handicap, and it would seem fairer to pit the algorithms against each other at full strength, running on equivalent hardware. Still, it would merely be an exhibition to see which bot is farther along on the road to divinity.GM Hikaru Nakamura ... called the match "dishonest" and pointed out that Stockfish's methodology requires it to have an openings book for optimal performance.
"I am pretty sure God himself could not beat Stockfish 75 percent of the time with White without certain handicaps."