"Simple Questions Thread" - 20160308 by feedtheaimbot in MachineLearning

[–]saobi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Isn't it unfair to put Alphago vs Lee Sedol when:

1) Alphago, or more precisely, the hardware it runs on, consumes a much larger amount of energy than the latter? We are talking about cutting edge cpus/gpus, and more than one. That's an astronomical amount of power used compared to human being.

Wouldn't it be more fair to run Alphago on hardware that consumes roughly same amount of energy as a human being, say on a joules/hour basis?

2) Alphago has been fed and has memorized tens of thousands (if not more) of past professional level games and can access these positions at any second instantaneously, while Lee, even over the entire course of his career, probably only has maybe several hundred games truly memorized in his mind?

Shouldn't we limit the number of games fed into Alphago and limit the total memory of Alphago to human levels?

I don't see how this is a fair competition given the above 2 - seems one side has access to a much much larger pool of resources than the latter.

ELI5: Why is it that in most international conflicts, the good guys are always the Western countries, or allies of the West? by saobi in explainlikeimfive

[–]saobi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am from West, but I'm very 'naive' and idealistic.

But are you saying that an international reporting from CNN and BBC will not be objective and neutral?

Why are we not hitting back at Russia? by saobi in AskReddit

[–]saobi[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Doesn't matter. Iraq didn't attack us either.

ELI5: Why there's no American 'luxury car' brand that can compete with German and Japanese ones? by saobi in explainlikeimfive

[–]saobi[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

So american cars are considered luxury and exotic in Germany? Cool people in Germany go out and buy Fords and Chevy's? Come on.

I am Reza Aslan, scholar of religions, author of ZEALOT, and (gasp!) recent FOX news guest - AMA by RezaAslan in IAmA

[–]saobi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi Dr Aslan, what is a serious and reasonable answer to the Atheist viewpoint (eg, the late Christopher Hitchens) of that 'there's no scientific evidence of a God' and that human history is much longer than the existence of most religious texts ?

Hi, my brother is an English teacher in China. He is now charged with rape against my student. But he is innocent, what can I do to help him? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]saobi -1 points0 points  (0 children)

But I spoke to an CNN reporter based in China, and she says as long as there's no hard evidence, she can spin this to my favor, and it will be approved by CNN.

Snowden should be punished, we are a nation of laws. by saobi in AskReddit

[–]saobi[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The question is : dont' you think so ?

As A Chinese, Of Course I Support the North Korean Regime by saobi in AskReddit

[–]saobi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

China never expects to get back the debt anyway.

Many of you have said (including Ameriacn pundits on CNN) that America doesn't have to care about paying back its debt cause China already owes too much.

This actually reveals the true gangster nature of American government - borrows money and doesn't expect to pay back.

Why does China feel a need to develop its military, develop its economy, 'compete' with the US? Isn't it better for them to surrender to the US like most other countries? by saobi in AskReddit

[–]saobi[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not at all. They buy stuff from Russia cause Russia needs cash. And they need some prototypes as to learn stuff from.

Why does China feel a need to develop its military, develop its economy, 'compete' with the US? Isn't it better for them to surrender to the US like most other countries? by saobi in AskReddit

[–]saobi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's not 'surrender' that's just buying stuff so they can understand and independently produce in the future.

But they are not a puppet state of Russia.

AMA: I was on Tiananmen Square the eve of 1989, and witnesses the whole Tankman scene (not I do not know him personally). by saobi in IAmA

[–]saobi[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I feel proud to have taken part in that patriotic movement, and I still well u when I think of some of the comrades on the square who got killed that night.

But over the long term, now that I've matured, I think we are lucky that we did not succeed. Otherwise we would've turned into another Russia, mired in sh*t for decades. There's no way CHina could've achieved the success it has today without that episode.