I wrote a book! (Please buy it)
I’ve been interested in game AI ever since I was a kid, and I’ve played go off-and-on since I was a teenager. So when the AlphaGo news hit, I was obsessed; I stayed up late to watch the games against Lee Sedol, scrutinized the game records, and pored over all the papers. It was my pal Max’s idea to turn our hobby projects into a book.
BadukEllington is my go AI, which you can play on the Online Go Server. At fast settings, it plays at a strong kyu level. At one point, it was among the top 10 most popular bots on OGS! (Maybe it still is; there are more bots on OGS these days though)
Did I mention I wrote an entire book about how this works? (Please buy my book)
Go? What?