AI in the field of Go

Currently, I reckon this is where human Go teachers surpass AI. I recall a well known Canadian streamer/teacher reviewing one of their student’s games - they made a comment like “ah, there’s that move again - we’ve talked about that”. Like, not the exact move obviously but a tendency to throw eggs at walls. Not only can a human teacher recall past games inc. habits, but they can also empathize with human traits like discouragement and burnout. I doubt AI ever competes with that.

That said, I got super excited when I saw the recent Online Go style analysis/tutor tool thread - I had previously imagined such a tool. The idea of AI reviewing a bulk set of say 50 games instead of the traditional review-a-single-game-in-detail is dreamlike. The author said up front it’s still embryonic, see where it goes.

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