Leela is a
computer Go software developed by Belgian programmer
Gian-Carlo Pascutto,
the author of chess engine
Sjeng. It won the third place for 19x19 board Go and the second place for 9x9 board Go at the
Computer Olympiad in 2008,
and won the eighth place in the 1st World AI Go Tournament in August 2017. According to its website, it has "Strength over 9 dan on 19 x 19, depending on hardware". The program was named "Leela" because the author wanted a pleasant female name that contrasted with the prevailing style at the time, typified by names like "Shredder", "Tiger", and "Rebel".
A version featuring
deep learning
Deep learning (also known as deep structured learning) is part of a broader family of machine learning methods based on artificial neural networks with representation learning. Learning can be supervised, semi-supervised or unsupervised.
De ...
technology was released for free in February 2017. It was the first
Go engine close to professional level freely available on a personal computer.
Leela should not be confused with
Leela Zero, a stronger program developed by Pascutto and collaborators beginning in late 2017.
See also
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Leela Zero, an open-source Go-playing program based on
DeepMind
DeepMind Technologies is a British artificial intelligence subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. and research laboratory founded in 2010. DeepMind was List of mergers and acquisitions by Google, acquired by Google in 2014 and became a wholly owned subsid ...
's
AlphaGo Zero paper, also developed by Gian-Carlo Pascutto
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Leela Chess Zero, an open-source chess-playing program that was adapted from Leela Zero
References
External links
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Leelaon
Sensei's Library
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Go engines
Freeware