Bit off topic, but this article has some playful ideas about the development of AI after Go:
Huh, Uganda is meant to be the strongest Go country on that continent by a decent margin from what Iād heard. Wonder why the Gambia made a Go stampā¦
I remember faintly that a couple of african countries have a very diverse set of motives on their stamps. Including scientists, prize recipients, inventors and so on. There was some story behind it. I used a search engine yesterday, but couldnāt find anything. Maybe someone knows more, or knows how to look that up.
True. This was part of their āMickey and Donald (and Goofy, donāt know how the cow lady is called again ) play Japanese gamesā line:
See:
And if you like the combination of board games and stamps, you gotta check out this:
The cow ladyās name is Clarabelle
Really nicely done, that, but AARGH how they hold the stones
Edible go stones!
And the stones are their hairballs and faeces.
Classic!
But sad that somebody removed the artistās signature ā¦ it was created by TANGO.
Reading The Human Condition by Junpei Gowikawa (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Human_Condition_(novel)) right now, no mentioning of Go 'till now, but this image stroke a chordā¦
Well, it does say āJap war moves follow pattern of smart Go gameā on itā¦
I know, I think because of Goās abstract nature, these kind of images can be made for most - if not all - of human war battles, past, present and future.
Put an abstract grid on top of it, divide it into black and white movesā¦ and surround.
The bottom left corner is wide open
That one Iāve seen before ā¦ canāt remember where ā¦ itās awesome!
Is it known which Baduk fan modified RenĆ© Magritteās āLa Clairvoyanceā (self-portrait, 1936; JPEG, 1.7 MB) for this? (Was it you?)
(And BTW if you do an image search on Google for āmagritte clairvoyanceā youāll find a few other funny modifications.)