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Audrey Tang: prediction

7 Oct 2020 Conversations with Tyler Audrey Tang on the Technology of Democracy

“I think, by the current definition of eSport, it will probably be Wei Chi — Go — which is an intellectual game that’s played on stones and large boards, and of which AlphaGo, of course, showed that machines can play too.”

— Audrey Tang

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Audrey Tang
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prediction
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7 Oct 2020
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Conversations with Tyler

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…What’s the most popular eSport in Taiwan? Well, that’s a really good question. I think, by the current definition of eSport, it will probably be Wei Chi — Go — which is an intellectual game that’s played on stones and large boards, and of which AlphaGo, of course, showed that machines can play too. It’s still very popular in Taiwan, as with Gomoku, also known as Renju, and Xiangqi, the elephant chess. [laughs] I don’t know how to translate that, actually. Various board games, and these are — Shogi, right?…

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