Author: Graham Laight
Date: 07:20:15 01/06/00
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On January 06, 2000 at 10:12:53, Robert Hyatt wrote: >I don't dismiss it out of hand. But if I have a question about the >effectiveness of brain surgery, I ask the _surgeon_ and not the _patient_. >They have two entirely different perspectives. The patient recovers fully. >He considers this procedure a revolution. The doctor knows that only one of >20 will recover. He considers it terribly risky. Who is right? > >Chess program 'users' have one perspective from playing the programs. The >authors have a completely different one, knowing all the things that are >missing, all the things the program does poorly, all the things it gets >into trouble with... > >Which perspective seems most accurate? The user of a black box, or the person >that 'filled' the black box? Or the impartial evaluator of the black box?
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