Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 15:40:03 04/21/02
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On April 21, 2002 at 18:00:21, Otello Gnaramori wrote: >On April 21, 2002 at 11:22:55, Janosch Zwerensky wrote: > >>>So what? A ZFC theorem prover can do the same, in principle (of course, we don't >>have automated all-purpose theorem provers today which could compete with a >>trained mathematician --- but this does not show that computers can't be >>programmed to do the work of a mathematician *in principle*, given enough >>computing power). > >You said that ; a theorem prover...not a theorem creator. > >The difference is between reproductive and creative as I stated previously, and >it is an *huge* difference IMHO. > >w.b.r. >Otello Not to be rude, but you said chess is more memory based, and although memory is essential, it's not the number one component when a human plays chess. If memory was the most important facter than computers would already have humans outclassed! One, human memory is "fuzzy" not so with the computer and two, the largest of computers have more memory than humans, AFAIK! But not PC's;) So IMHO and over 20 years experience, I'm certain intelligence _is_ the key component, for humans. We could also quibble that memory is a part of intelligence and you would be correct, it is! So I'll word it this way intelligence+memory+experience in that order is how we humans play chess. There is one other thing I left out, talent and it is a component of intelligence as well, but harder to define. Regards, Terry
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