4 points | by tosh a day ago ago
1 comments
It's fashionable to hate on Elon but he is right in principle - the game is in fact way smaller than often portrayed. Explanation why: https://x.com/TCzajka/status/2095927509389136163?s=20
Realistically we would need some smart way to prune the tree to solve chess - some way to prove that this "obviously winning position" or that "obvious draw" is in fact winning/draw so we don't need to do exhaustive search in every branch.
It's fashionable to hate on Elon but he is right in principle - the game is in fact way smaller than often portrayed. Explanation why: https://x.com/TCzajka/status/2095927509389136163?s=20
Realistically we would need some smart way to prune the tree to solve chess - some way to prove that this "obviously winning position" or that "obvious draw" is in fact winning/draw so we don't need to do exhaustive search in every branch.