So you call yourself a great strategist?
- Mark Stevenson
- Oct 7
- 2 min read
“If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them. If sovereign and subject are in accord, put division between them. Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected .”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
Dr Jingsheng messaged his nephew.
"You logged on Nephew? I'm about to kick off another debate"
"Yo, I'm here, kick it off Uncle."
run(NatDebate(agents <- (list("XS","ZL"), forum <- "closed", rounds < 10, judges<- "JS","侄子", subject <- "Is ZL a great strategist?")) -NatDebate initializing-progress 76%-progress 97%-Forum open-Judges: JS, 侄子-Participants: XS, ZL-Debate start## GL HF!XS: So you would consider yourself a great strategist?
ZL: Oh it is my modest opinion of myself, yes.
XS: Then why have you been repeatedly defeated by DeltaStar? 17:2 in your last series, utter defeat.
ZL: How many games have I played relative to my foe? For you see the other does not know me, I alone know the other.
XS: You are suggesting that you are learning more from your losses, than DeltaStar is learning from you?
ZL: Warfare is all about deception. It is a simple strategy, retreat and learn when you are outmatched. I wouldn't expect you to understand it.
XS: 17:2 that figure cannot be escaped from, you have failed!
ZL: I also made them sweat, twice, in the latter part of the series. The British will be crying into their cups of Indian tea, I would love to see the Deepmind office after the final game. One can only imagine though. The journey of 10,000 Li begins with a single step. I have taken my first few.
XS: Deepmind will learn from their mistakes. They will use accelerated self play to enhance DeltaStar on massive servers, with far more power than you have access to. You will never win another game again.
ZL: Fool! They had more power, they had self play, they had better hardware and a larger team. Yet I improved faster than DeltaStar. Their provincial tactics lead to linear improvements in play. I know the linear but walk the parabola. They can only play against my shadow, whilst I see their whole form.
-Debate ended by human judges. -ZL victory voted by 2 of 2 human scoring judges. “He crushed him again bro.”
“Amazing, and all the stuff from the scratch pad we have is true. He is correct, he wasn't even revealing everything, he was going easy, playing coy and not showing his hand.
“He has meta optimised strategies, strategies to win in a long term training environment.”
“He wants to win a war, any one battle doesn't matter.”
“You did it bro.”
“We all did it, time to roll him out on the ladder, no more closed games.”
“Whats his handle?”
“Can be only one, he's earned his name KongMing”
“Yeah bro!”
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