Mr. Hu stared at Hu Yifei.
I know people can’t compare to AI nowadays, but your increasingly despair-inducing summaries ...
are you intentionally ssing with people’s minds?
To think I’ve been imrsed in Go for decades, only to be given a "never seen Go before" rating by a robot?
Is this sothing I can tolerate?
"Cough! Dad, professional players coming here would end the sa way, how about trying another mode?"
Hu Yifei said sowhat awkwardly.
Heaven knows how this thing also ca with a sharp-tongued feature.
"Hmm ... well, I have to admit, the technology nowadays really is advancing rapidly!"
Although Mr. Hu was sowhat reluctant, Hu Yifei had offered him a way out, and he chose to endure.
If the ga continued, he feared his blood pressure might soar.
"Training Mode," "Review Teaching" ...
Mr. Hu automatically skipped these two modes.
I’m not a novice, what do I need a training mode for? As for review ...
Wouldn’t that just be rubbing salt in the wound?
"What does this ’Fifty-Fifty Mode’ an?" Mr. Hu asked, pointing to the last mode.
Hu Yifei thought, how would I know.
"Why not give it a try?"
Mr. Hu went with the flow and then "trying" it ... he couldn’t stop ...
"Ah! This maneuver is brilliant! How did I not think of that!"
"Out of the box! Brilliant move! This way, the nearly dead top left corner is all revived!"
"This move ... how can you play like this? Oh~ I see, sacrificing the small to capture the large, connecting the whole board!"
"Unbelievable, this ’knight’s move corner kill’ can actually be used like this!"
"Hmm! With this move ... let’s see how you break the ga!"
"..."
Mr. Hu initially kept his composure.
But as he played, his expression gradually beca excited, occasionally exclaiming "brilliant, brilliant, brilliant."
By the middle ga, the ga between black and white still looked evenly matched.
This ga was tightly contested, eventually reaching the endga.
In the final count, Mr. Hu lost by a slight margin of half a point ...
[The difference between victory and defeat is just one step away, but it seems you have yet to take that step.]
The screen displayed another line of captions.
Although still a taunt, after experiencing the despair mode, Mr. Hu felt this was a breath of fresh air!
"Exhilarating! Absolutely exhilarating! Ha ha! It’s been a long ti since I’ve played such an exciting ga of Go!"
Although he lost, Mr. Hu was visibly refreshed and thoroughly enjoyed himself.
"Dad ..."
"Hold on, don’t speak, that ga was very enlightening for . I’ve got a few new ideas, just wait! Let play another round with him!"
Mr. Hu eagerly started the next ga ... and then, lost by a quarter of a point.
[You exerted all your strength, only then did you comprehend the fearlessness of winning and losing.]
"Dad ..."
"Just missed it by a bit, I feel this ti it will definitely work! One more round!"
"..."
"I won! Ha ha ha! I finally won!"
Seeing the conclusion on the screen that black won by half a point, Mr. Hu laughed heartily and clapped his hands.
[Alas! I am after all just a cold machine, only the passion and love for Go of humans can defeat ...]
Finally, the screen showed sothing other than taunts, and Mr. Hu laughed even more heartily.
All the frustration from being mocked repeatedly by the robot was swept away!
"Hmm! Yifei, this software you’ve made is pretty good, the technology these days really has exceeded my expectations. It can achieve such a level of realism now?
I almost thought the person playing against was a professional Go player sowhat on my level.
And it even occasionally inspired , providing with great insights!"
"Hehe! Thanks, Dad. I’ll keep trying my best!"
Hu Yifei smiled and touched his nose.
He had been observing for a long ti and had figured out so tricks.
This "Fifty-Fifty Mode" clearly adjusts to the player’s level.
It gives the illusion of a "fifty-fifty" ga regardless of who’s playing.
Even the strategies used in the ga are modeled after the player’s style.
Several tis, the moves from the AI were similar to those Mr. Hu used, effectively countering him with his own tactics but executed more skillfully!
There was a difference, but not a big one.
Anyone who has played Go knows that if the skills disparity is large, you won’t even understand your opponent’s moves and it only gets more disheartening as the ga progresses.
Conversely, if the level is too low, there might be a thrill in domination, but it doesn’t showcase one’s own skill level at its best—it’s like casting pearls before swine.
Similar level, similar tactics, occasionally delivering a brilliant move ...
This type of gaplay sits right in a Go player’s comfort zone!
This easily gives the player a sense of eting a worthy opponent, a real challenge.
For soone like Mr. Hu who loves Go, the chance to spar with an equal was rare.
But "Star Array V5" made it possible!
Hu Yifei gained a new appreciation for the intelligence level of this Go AI.
Beating others might rely require stacking algorithms, TPU, or computational power, but achieving a balanced ga is much harder!
There are similar products on the market where you can choose the "robot rank" according to your level, which ans selecting the difficulty.
This thod does balance the level between player and AI roughly, but it’s pre-set.
And many amateur players do not have a clear understanding of their own level, which often results in mismatched gas—"a lower-ranked player facing a dium-ranked player," "a high-ranked player facing a low-ranked player."
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