Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 21:11:24 08/19/05
Go up one level in this thread
On August 19, 2005 at 22:44:55, Peter Kappler wrote: >On August 19, 2005 at 21:46:08, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On August 18, 2005 at 20:23:24, Terry Smith wrote: >> >>>I think Prof. Hyatt is too busy BUT I agree he should be consulted as the Grand >>>Old Man of computer chess. >>> >>>Also, good point - where is Hydra? >> >> >>They chose not to attend. >> >>I consider this (personally) to be beyond "bad judgement". They produce tons of >>hyperbole about being the best in the world. Then they don't show up to prove >>it, which only leads to speculation about what would have happened had they >>participated. It really should be their responsibility to not let that happen, >>for the good of computer chess. >> >>Unless computer chess is not what this is about... > > >I felt the same way about Deep Blue. > >-Peter I would agree, but remember that Hsu, Campbell, Hoane, etc, did not make that decision. It was made by people _far_ farther up the IBM corporate ladder... Perhaps their only mitigating circumstance was that they did participate for 10 years or so, and dominated like no other computer program ever did... both in human events and in CC tournaments..
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.