Since I lack the ML background to debunk this suspicion, I figured I'd let HN debunk it for me. Seeing AlphaZero's success at learning Chess, Shogi, and Go, I was immediately struck with the intuition that the fact that AlphaZero could learn so much from "self-play" should provide some insight into improving human teaching and learning strategies. With the caveat that humans lack AlphaZero's ability to separate themselves into two versions, I can imagine a teaching paradigm that emphasizes simulating competitive activities but playing as both sides. Is something like this at all related to what AlphaZero's doing and are there chess training paradigms that emphasize this type of simulation?
