Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 11:14:43 07/08/02
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On July 08, 2002 at 05:30:45, stuart taylor wrote:
>On July 08, 2002 at 00:32:42, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On July 06, 2002 at 20:15:06, stuart taylor wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>I suspect that search may see that the right move help to push the opponent king
>>>>closer to the corner relative to the wrong moves and it may be enough.
>>>>
>>>>Uri
>>>
>>>Yes, that looks like the best thing to try and work on, doesn't it?
>>>
>>>If not, can I ask two questions?:
>>>1)What should be done during the near future to push computer elo forward as
>>>much as possible?
>>>2)If Deeper blue was really much stronger than todays tops, what was that due
>>>to? Better long-term planning? Seeing deeper?
>>>S.Taylor
>>
>>
>>Huge speed.
>>
>>It was doing most things worse than the best micro programs, but it was doing it
>>so fast that it was eventually stronger.
>>
>>Hum... Let me rephrase for the sensitive people out there. There was nothing
>>Deep Blue did better than the best micro programs. But it was so fast that it
>>allowed it to hide its defficiencies.
>>
>>Shit. That's not very diplomatic either. Let's try again: Deep Blue was build
>>around a concept outdated by 2 decades but fortunately it was so fast that
>>nobody noticed until their creators published their paper.
>>
>>Oops... OK, once again:
>>
>>Bob likes Deep Blue a lot, and that should be a reason good enough to convince
>>you that it was well designed.
>>
>>
>>
>> Christophe ;-)
>
>Wonderful! you finally past the test for diplomacy, getting better each try!
>Actually the try before the last one might have been the best!
>S.Taylor
Thanks. :-)
Christophe
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