Leela-zero: an idea of mix lz and elf weights

[l1t1]

as we know, elf does well at mid and endgame stage,can we force lz use lz's weights at first 150 moves, and then use elf?

[l1t1]

and run self play elf by loading half lz weights self games

[gjm11]

I think everything we know is consistent with the simpler theory that Elf is _just stronger_; it has more early losses not because it's weaker in the opening but because its more extreme evaluations make it more prone to resign prematurely. In that case there would be nothing to gain by using LZ weights earlier in the game; if you want something as strong as Elf, just use the Elf weights.

Of course, as the 40-block training effort progresses it may turn out that LZ becomes stronger than Elf even at time parity and the question doesn't arise at all.

[Friday9i]

Yeah, LZ178 (40x256) is now on par with Elfv1 with equal visits (1600), but not yet on time parity: it will probably take 5 or 10 new nets to reach time parity, ie in 1 or 2 months probably.