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Sadly, the main point this post reinforces is the emptiness of modern credentialing. A full degree in "cognitive AI" equipped the author to make exactly none of the correct choices in the network architecture and training. A valiant attempt, but five weeks with Pytorch and Github would have beaten the entire university education process :/

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I think that’s a little harsh. Chess programming and ML both require fairly sophisticated understanding. And a lot of approaches which seem reasonable beforehand just don’t work when you try them.

It also seems like the author isn’t familiar with a lot of the work which has been done previously which probably would’ve given them a head start on this. Leela, Maia, and Alpha Zero would be good reference material.

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