Korea Thread: Liberal Moon Jae In Elected

[Razgovory]

Where the fuck did Korean hijinks thread go?

Found it http://www.benzworld.org/forums/off-topic/1214178-wacky-korean-hijinks.html

[Eddie Teach]

I want a dog-faced macaw.

[jimmy olsen]

Lol, they're actually showing the 2nd Go match live on TV at the train station.

[jimmy olsen]

Skynet wins!

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/03/12/alphago_beats_lee_sedol_at_go_for_third_straight_time.html

Google's A.I. Beats Human Champ at Go for Third Straight Time

By Daniel Politi



Google's AlphaGo computer program won the third straight game against a top player of the Chinese board game Go. The victory marks "a major step forward for artificial intelligence" that "experts had thought was still years away," notes the Los Angeles Times. AlphaGo will still play the two remaining matches against 18-time world champion Lee Sedol, but "the results are in and history has been made."

"I've never played a game where I felt this amount of pressure, and I wasn't able to overcome this pressure," Lee said at a press conference after the game.
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Why is this victory such a big deal? Wired explains:

Over the last twenty-five years, machines have beaten the top humans at checkers and chess and Othello and Scrabble and Jeopardy!. But this is the first time an artificially intelligent system has topped one of the very best at Go, which is exponentially more complex than chess and requires an added level of intuition—at least among humans. This makes the win a major milestone for AI—a moment whose meaning extends well beyond a single game. Considering that many of the machine learning technologies at the heart of AlphaGo are already running services inside some of the world's largest Internet companies, the victory shows how quickly AI will progress in the years to come.

The third victory made it clear that AlphaGo was the superior player. "It was seen to capably navigate tricky situations known as ko that didn't come up in the prior two matches, which had prompted speculation that it could be a potential tripping point for the program," reports the Verge.

Some top Go players said that AlphaGo made unorthodox moves that seemed questionable at first but then proved to make sense. There are many implications to this series of victories that show how computers can train themselves to play a very complex game.

"At the end of the day, winning a game of Go isn't much different than safely driving a car across the country," one expert tells the Los Angeles Times. "There are limitless possibilities of actions to take along the way, and a clearly defined failure state."

[jimmy olsen]

Lee Se Dol strikes back!

http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/13/11184328/alphago-deepmind-go-match-4-result

[jimmy olsen]

Sarah Connor, where are you, Korea turns her lonely eyes to you....woo woo ooh...

http://www.wired.com/2016/03/googles-ai-wins-fifth-final-game-go-genius-lee-sedol/

[Monoriu]

It is only a matter of time, perhaps a few years at most, that computers will be unbeatable in Go, Chess, etc. 

[Eddie Teach]

It is only a matter of time, perhaps a few years at most, that computers will be unbeatable in Go, Chess, etc.

Fortunately, they have settings.

[jimmy olsen]

On my way to Seoul to try and meet Alcibiades!

[jimmy olsen]

On my way to Seoul to try and meet Alcibiades!

Sucess!

[Norgy]

"Success" as in "I'm too drunk to type"? 

[jimmy olsen]

"Success" as in "I'm too drunk to type"? 

I just blame my phone for any mistakes I make these days.

[jimmy olsen]

I visited the castle in Osaka last fall and it is Lord of the Rings fucking huge. The walls are 25 meters high.

Here's a model of what the castle looked at its peak.


Here you can see one of the few remaining guard towers.


One of the three bridges across the moat.


A straight on view of a bridge and gate.



An iron plated gate.



Looking down into the moat from the top of the wall. Part of the moat is kept dry, not sure why. Looking at the above map, it seems this part of the inner moat was always dry, curious...


The central keep.

[The Brain]

I got a free coaster when I visited Osaka Castle, in remembrance of the 1614-15 campaigns. The place is awesome.

[DontSayBanana]

Looking down into the moat from the top of the wall. Part of the moat is kept dry, not sure why. Looking at the above map, it seems this part of the inner moat was always dry, curious...

Huh.  I guess it could be a spillway to prevent the moat from flooding the area in heavy rains... ?