Use KataGo for Scoring

Is the following an issue?

In principle when the current system does it’s initial territory estimation it’s in an intelligent way in that it kind of knows which stones are alive and dead according to the rules, seki can be tricky etc. (It does some Monte Carlo playouts or something does it?)

When katago does it’s territory count and saying which stones are live and dead it’s probably correct sure with some superhuman ability.

What if at the end of the game katago declares some corner a seki or dead etc but neither of the players have noticed, and katago is 100% certain, will both players want to go back to the game and play it out since they’ve gained some knowledge about the position?

Is the assumption with the current system that (unless you’re a beginner/fairly new) you’ll be able to score the game better than it, and it’s just being helpful by giving the rough breakdown of territory, alive and dead stones etc and you’ll fix it?

I’m mean I’m sure katago would be fine if it’s person vs bot, more so for person vs person.

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