{"id":334507,"date":"2024-06-30T17:15:08","date_gmt":"2024-06-30T11:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/?p=334507"},"modified":"2024-06-30T17:15:08","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T11:45:08","slug":"checkmate-using-ai-to-build-a-better-more-creative-chess-foe-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/checkmate-using-ai-to-build-a-better-more-creative-chess-foe-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Checkmate? Using AI to Build a Better, More Creative Chess Foe – Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Artificial intelligence has already proven that it can beat a human at chess, but can it do so with flair? A study out of the University of Toronto aims to answer this question, as they trained an AI model on a library of chess moves\u2014so that it can identify “brilliant” moves that are unexpected, creative, and ultimately win games.<\/p>\n

The AI \u201cmove brilliance\u201d project<\/a> began in November 2023 and was conducted by University of Toronto associate professor Michael Guerzhoy<\/a> and University of Toronto student Kamron Zaidi<\/a> as a part of his graduate thesis. The project used data from 8,574 games and 820 moves taken from lichess.org<\/a>, an online chess website.<\/p>\n

As Guerzhoy explained to Decrypt in an interview, the \u201cmove brilliance\u201d project was inspired by Google Deepmind\u2019s AlphaZero<\/a>, a computer program that taught itself to play chess, shogi, and Go.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe approach that was pioneered by Alpha Zero, and that’s also taken by Leela and Maia, is using a neural network,\u201d Professor Guerzhoy told Decrypt<\/i>, noting that several positions were inputted in the network.<\/p>\n

Neural networks<\/a> are a type of computer program inspired by the human brain, consisting of layers of interconnected nodes that process information in a way that mimics a biological brain.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe neural network is just a black box that predicts what’s going to happen, and that works really well for us because we want the best possible position evaluation, and the neural network-based ones are very likely better,\u201d Guerzhoy said.<\/p>\n

Utilizing two open-source AI models, Leela Chess Zero and Maia, across 556 games and 158 studies, the study, Guerzhoy said, came back with 79% accuracy in identifying so-called brilliant moves.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have studied the perception of brilliance by anonymous Lichess users,\u201d Zaidi and Guerzhoy wrote in the report. \u201cExpert perception of brilliance might differ from perceptions of Lichess users, and experts and amateurs both can have different tastes within the groups as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of course, a brilliant move may only be as brilliant as its effectiveness in the final move. While the AI was able to complete the moves, Guerzhoy said the challenge of defining “brilliance” in chess, much like in art, is aligning it with public perception.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don’t think there is a good philosophical definition of brilliance,\u201d Guerzhoy told Decrypt<\/i>. \u201cPeople try to get a handle on it all the time\u2014but I think at the end of the day, if your definition fails to conform to people’s perceptions, then the problem is the definition.\u201d<\/p>\n

Referencing a 1977 study that explored chess aesthetics, Guerzhoy said that chess moves that defy the norms, like sacrificing pieces or using the weakest piece, often embody the subjective qualities of brilliance.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur hypothesis is more that you can actually look at the shape of how the game turns out,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd that will tell you whether a critical move was beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chess has seen a resurgence in popularity since the release of Netflix\u2019s miniseries \u201cThe Queen\u2019s Gambit\u201d in 2020, even finding its way into the world of Bitcoin<\/a> and blockchain.<\/p>\n

In 2021, to coincide with the International Chess Federation World Championship, the International Chess Federation (FIDE) partnered with TON Labs<\/a> to launch an NFT marketplace on the TON network. That same year, before the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, the fallen exchange hosted a chess tournament<\/a> where the winner walked away with $84,000 worth of Bitcoin.<\/p>\n

In 2023, Bitcoin-focused mobile payment firm Zebedee and mobile game studio Viker launched a play-to-earn Bitcoin Chess<\/a> game. This past January, Anichess<\/a>, an NFT game combining chess with magical elements, launched with support from grandmaster Magnus Carlsen and Chess.com.<\/p>\n

Edited by Andrew Hayward<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

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