Author: Chris Carson
Date: 13:36:03 04/17/02
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On April 17, 2002 at 15:59:18, Roy Eassa wrote: >On April 17, 2002 at 15:48:49, Roy Eassa wrote: > >> >>A given computer's rating will go down significantly (even though it does not >>gain or lose one iota of strength objectively) if and when its human opponents >>gain anti-computer skills. >> >>Does that make sense? >> >>I guess early ratings are one thing and ACTUAL STRENGTH is a different thing >>that is much harder to measure (requiring much more scientifically controlled >>circumstances). >> >>For humans versus humans, the two things (rating and actual strength) have >>tradionally been closely related, except when the player is a young child who is >>improving very rapidly. >> >>There is significant reason to believe that RATING and actual STRENGTH can get >>*way* out of sync with each other when it comes to computers, due to the extreme >>relevance of the anti-computer skills (and not normal chess skills) of the >>humans they have faced. > > > >Also, most (nearly all?) computers that have gotten an early rating (using fixed >hardware and software) have seen that rating drop SIGNIFICANTLY over time, as >humans learn better how to play well against computers. > >Does that mean: > >a) The computer is getting steadily weaker at chess? or > >b) Humans are quickly getting much better at chess? or > >c) A computer's early rating is NOT an accurate reflection of the computer's >actual chess strength, but is SKEWED by the fact that humans lack a special >skill that is required in order for them to score accurately against computers >-- a skill that is SEPARATE and distinct from the traditional skill most human >chess players have focused on? > >d) Some other explaination (please fill in)? If a GM only prepares for one other GM and his rating rises against that GM but falls with respect to the other GM's what does that say? > > >Please choose one!
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