Author: Albert Silver
Date: 07:45:01 05/10/00
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On May 08, 2000 at 23:32:40, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>A second note to your example one where you played connected with a box. IMO >>human chessplayers of the top ranks would never "cheat" with the help of such >>boxes. If you consider a GM to be a player of the top ranks then there are plenty of stories. Not with computers mind you, but still. >>It would lead too far to discuss that in a computerchess group. On the >>other side we have scientists and technicians who don't have a high education in >>chess. They should make some reflections on how to find controlling mechanisms. >>This should be done facing the future reality that the machines get more and >>more stronger. The machine should be able to "play" completely on its own >>through a complete match. If you want to have it with different personalities, >>then do it in advance. At that moment chessplayers would accept a machine as >>genuine 'chessplayer'. Then the problem of cheating will be solved. > > >You should look at a tournament played last year. In a well-known scandal, >someone used a computer program to whack GM players like flies. He was a >2300 player himself I believe. He had a TPR over 2600. So yes, humans will >cheat, given the chance. It was worse. He was only rated 1900 or so by his federation, and had no FIDE rating. Albert Silver
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