IQ wrote: ↑Fri Aug 03, 2018 8:41 am
To all Programmers, Participants of TCEC, TCEC leadership and computer chess afficionados,
We can still stop con-artist and self proclaimed ai-guru Albert Silver from getting away with his biggest coup. Please help the lc0 team that has been ambushed and taken advantage of. See this thread
http://talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=68094 for details, a link to Albert Silvers "My True Colors" video, and the opinion of some of the main lc0 developers. Albert Silvers secrecy, his last minute reveal, behind the back communication with TCEC, his insistance that his TCEC participation is a done deal and immutable, did not allow the lc0 team to properly gather their thoughts and take appropriate actions. Even with the added fineprint on chessdom, only now the full scope and intent of his actions starts to sink in.
It is not to late, contrary to what Albert Silver wants everybody to believe by playing the sweet-talking, sole developer and misunderstood AI-genius. His actions are not only unfair, disrespectful to the lc0 team but also against the spirit of TCEC. Don't let him pull ai wool over your eyes by claiming that only his NN is an achievement and that search, interface code, move encoding, uci parser, training tools, etc. are just mere trivial nuisances that hinder Albert Silvers AI genius.
You as programmers should know better and not get lost in his AI smokescreen, even if not to help the lc0 team but also in self-interest to ensure a fair competition. If enough of you complain we can stop this and give the lc0 team some time to contemplate on how to handle such cases in the future, also TCEC could start a process with all of you involved that as an outcome will have a ruleset that has been discussed and agreed upon by the stars of their show: the programmers, dev teams, and collaborators of the engines participating. Do not let Albert Silver pull a fast one on everybody - which is clearly his intention! He wants to generate facts before anybody has the time to think.
Marco, Gary and all the others involved in SF development. Please help!
Larry and Mark: Please help!
Ubaldo, Norman, Robert, Daniel, Youri, Frank and all the others help!
All computer chess afficionados, please help!
If you complain to TCEC we can stop this, even if TCEC has already started. I am sure TCEC will listen. This would allow us all to take a deep breath, discuss the ramifications of ongoing and upcoming issues like this and come to a community consensus, without being pressured by Albert Silvers pulling a fast one on us and in a way that respects the lc0 dev team. Also the lc0 devs that have not yet spoken up in the other thread are encouraged to do so here!