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There's a horizontal scroll bar :) I'm not sure how to format a block quote without it. Edit: Well, just added newlines. Seems to look ok.

After reading the first few bits in the "beginner" section, this reminds me of my experience with "Lessons in the Fundamentals of Go" by Kageyama Toshiro 7p [0] (Go the game). It's…

Yep, I felt the same way. I wonder if the time constraints were optimized for AlphaGo. One of the things I did want to see was how AlphaGo would fare in a blitz situation (i.e. rea…

> Learning (viewing millions of professional game moves) According to the last press conference, it was apparently strong amateur games from the internet that it used to train with…

Here's a tutorial. http://playgo.to/iwtg/en/count.html The whole series isn't bad if you're interested in other aspects of the game.

My rough summary of the match, informed by the various commentators and random news stories. Game 1: Lee Sedol does not know what to expect. He plays testing moves early and gets p…

It was in the press conference for Game 4 IIRC.

I doubt it. When/if they do play such a game that humans can't explain, I'll probably be interested in some other problem. Isn't that the nature of human endeavor? Always looking f…

Lee Sedol definitely did not look like he was in top form there. I would say (as an amateur) his play in Game 2 was far better. It was the funky clamp position that perhaps forced …

That would be amazing if it could achieve the same levels (or higher) without the bootstrapping. The niggling thought in my mind was that AlphaGo's strength is built on human stren…

Thanks, jonah! I recall Andrew mentioning that Myungwan will be back to comment games 4 and 5?

Ah, neat, thanks for the link. I didn't look to the AGA channel because I figured there wouldn't be a stream since Myungwan was doing live commentary.

I guess the next question on my mind is how AlphaGo might fare in a blitz game.

As a spectator, I was on the edge of my seat :) As a 3d amateur, I'm really curious about when he resigned. It really seemed like he was playing the position out to go for the win …

I am really curious about the reviews from An Youngil 8p and Myungwan Kim 9p. The commentary by Redmond always tend to leave something to be desired.

Perhaps the last big question was whether AlphaGo could play ko positions. AlphaGo played quite well in that ko fight and furthermore, even played away from the ko fight allowing L…

I don't mind Andrew. He's a strong player in his own right so he has questions a strong amateur would have. He inevitably asks questions you want Myungwan to answer.

I'd very much like to see Ke Jie try (and also beat) Alphago while it appears to be in the realm of possibility.

From a go player's perspective, this would have been a more exciting match. Ke Jie is largely considered the strongest player in the world right now whereas Lee Sedol is marginally…