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Subject: Re: WMCCC predictions (Is there a Human Computer out there?)

Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba

Date: 13:56:05 04/09/99

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On April 09, 1999 at 16:37:45, KarinsDad wrote:

>On April 09, 1999 at 14:04:03, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote:
>
>[snip]
>>
>>>Also, I have been a long time believer that the Top Programs should
>>>be allowed to compete for the World Chess Champion,
>>
>>I agree.
>>
>[snip]
>
>Here is one area where I disagree. We still have Olympic 400 meters races, but
>even my old truck would beat any human in that event.
>

I think chess is essentially different from races, soccer, wrestling, ice
hockey, weight lifting and all that. While we will never mistake a truck for a
human in a race, it is not easy to tell a computer from a human based only on
the game score move by move. It can not be logically deduced that some player is
a computer only from that.

>There are some areas of competition where computers vs. humans is fine, but the
>World Chess Championship should not be one of them. We all realize that there
>will be a point in the future that ANY modern computer chess program could take
>the current world chess champion apart at any time controls, so this is an area
>that should be left for humanity (the same as motorcycles are not used in track
>and field or in horse races).
>

I think that a young talented chess player trained with those advanced chess
playing machines can overcome them, for some time at least. BTW, in a TV ad I
have seen a horse in a motorcycle race!

>This is also my reasoning for why Advanced Chess is a flash in the pan. Once the
>programs become strong enough, the human just becomes a program operator at that
>point.
>
>KarinsDad :)

I agree that advanced chess is a flash in the pan, I Mexico we would say it is a
"llamarada de petate". That is only an exhibition promoted by Kasparov to make
more money.

José (:



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