Sessions at Strange Loop 2011 on Monday 19th September in Grand Suites 1 & 2

This is not a prepared talk and will not include slides or other prepared materials. Rather, it is an open time for attendees to stop by and work on machine learning ideas. Hilary Mason will be available to offer advice and assistance. Bring a laptop if you wish to hack.

This session will be an introduction to the ancient Chinese game of Go [not the language]. Rich Hickey will illustrate the rules of Go and there will then be an opportunity to play Go with others and ask questions about strategy while you play. Go is at once both the simplest and most complex of all games. Two players alternate in placing black and white stones on a ruled board, with the aim of surrounding territory. Like software development, Go is about building, not destroying. What you’ll learn in minutes will reward a lifetime of study with intellectual challenge and fun, including profound lessons in how to create things with immutable (immovable) components.