Computer Defeats Human At Japanese Chess 178
Calopteryx writes "A computer has beaten a human at shogi, otherwise known as Japanese chess, for the first time. As New Scientist reports, computers have beaten humans at western chess before, but that game is relatively simple, with only about 10^123 possible games existing that can be played out. Shogi is a *bit* more complex, offering about 10^224 possible games."
Best use of the word "only" ever. (Score:3, Funny)
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Human, my friend. Human.
Shogi (Score:3, Funny)
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A computer beat me at Connect One once. I never should have granted it's wish to go first...
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Computers always beat me at tic-tac-toe...
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11-dan ranking for the highest practitioner in the world.
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Kobayashi maru anyone?
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You're bored by the relatively fast advance of computer intelligence? Humans have for the first time in recorded history lost their title of "Best at Shogi" to computers (and orangutangs have presumably been bumped down to 3rd). That may not have any real-world significance, but in the grand scheme of things, it wasn't too long ago that computers couldn't beat us at math.
You're on a forum with a focus on computers, and you say that's boring? Jesus, what WOULD interest you? If it ran linux using a beowulf cluster? Simpsons quotes?
Well fine, I for one welcome our new shogi-playing computer overlords.
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its totally winnable. you just have to get three in a row! (do you not even know the rules!?) :)
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No thank you, I already ate.
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"The Mainichi Daily News reports that TOP WOMEN'S shogi player Ichiyo Shimizu took part in a match staged at the University of Tokyo..." Let's see it beat a man!
Yes, that'll be a different challenge entirely. There's a whole set of valid moves in Shogi that involve shifting game pieces around with one's penis - in informal matches women will sometimes use their boobs instead, but no such equivalent has yet been accepted as part of a professional tournament.
Re:Best use of the word "only" ever. (Score:4, Funny)
It is only a "bit" more complex than western chess; exactly one bit more complex. The exponent 123 can be stored in 7 bits. The exponent 224 requires 8, a full byte.
See what I did there? -puffs chest out proudly-