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Ask HN: Can Monte Carlo Tree Search Improve AI Outputs?

A developer asks whether combining Monte Carlo Tree Search with transformer-based AI architectures could produce more creative outputs, citing MCTS's role in AlphaGo's victory over Lee Sedol.

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| |||||||||||| 2 points by | We all have been using AI for more than 2 years as a developer now. But we cannot forget the MCTS architecture that leads to the victory of Alpha GO against Le Sedol. Do you think that combining AI transformer architecture with MCTS can lead to way creative results? | ||||||||||| |

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