In the Age of Google DeepMind, Do the Young Go Prodigies of Asia Have a Future?
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#2In the age of Deep Blue, do young chess prodigies have a future?
Re: In the Age of Google DeepMind, Do the Young Go Prodigies of Asia Have a Future?
#3In the age of Deep Blue, do young chess prodigies have a future?
Someone should ask Magnus Carlsen.
Edit: fortunately the fine article brings this up and goes further to point out that go is fundamental to self improvement in some cultures and will likely have a long life after AlphaGo.
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#4In the age of Deep Blue, do young chess prodigies have a future?
In the age of Watson, does Jeopardy have a future?
Re: In the Age of Google DeepMind, Do the Young Go Prodigies of Asia Have a Future?
#5I mean, that's like asking whether marathon runners have a future now that we've got cars. Exercising one's brain/having pleasure through the game could be an end in itself, and is independent of how machines perform.
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#6The game play among human competitors is sure to change just as in chess, as new players will train on AlphaGo, etc. whose gameplay will differ significantly from accepted norms in a purely human playing field. For instance, chess programs can plan and optimize to a much further depth (number of moves) in terms of strategy. So, newer players like Carlsen, etc. play differently these days than older ones like Anand, etc. [1]
[1] http://noenthuda.com/blog/2016/03/11/how-computers-have-chan...
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#7Why should I really be concerned about Go prodigies? Aren't there a lot more ordinary people being affected by technological unemployment who have much fewer resources to fall back on?
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#8Maybe if they learn to collaborate with AI. Or eventually, get implants. As all serious professionals will need to do. That may seem far-fetched, but how many runners compete with bicyclists?
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#9In general I'd suggest reading "The player of Games" by Banks.
A Culture novel that explores why would someone care about being good at "boardgames" in a universe where even the dumbest appliance could easily outperform any human.
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#10In the age of Deep Blue, do young chess prodigies have a future?
[13th century] In the age of gunpowder, do young archery prodigies have a future?