Is this game not best played in 3 minute rounds?

[kevinkins]

The internet is awash with articles on AlphaZero right now. Here is a recent one:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/12 ... ent-games/

I am pretty sure the team at Google is trying to apply their technology to all sorts of problems, including military ones. Interestingly, AlphaZero taught "itself" chess and found that the openings humans use are indeed the best. But AlphaZero's middle game tactics are often "non-human" or very unrecognizable to human players. This would mean the military techniques AlphaZero developes may not be recognizable as Soviet or NATO or "human". They may not match well established field manuals. So even the best AI might not be what is best for our enjoyment of wargames. If you play online chess, and run into a player using a computer against you, you get really ticked off. It's not fun at all since you wasted your gaming time with little chance of winning.

Kevin