Author: James B. Shearer
Date: 18:42:48 01/14/00
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On January 14, 2000 at 09:31:43, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>On January 14, 2000 at 02:20:09, James Robertson wrote:
>
>>On January 14, 2000 at 00:44:22, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>>On January 13, 2000 at 23:07:07, James Robertson wrote:
<snip>
>>>>Not publicity. Computer knowledge. Nobody (aside from the computer chess
>>>>community) knows who Hsu is. He could have been replaced at any time and DB
>>>>would still have continued.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Not a prayer. He designed _all_ the hardware. He developed the parallel
>>>search. Etc. Hsu _was_ deep blue, just as he was Deep Thought...
>>
>>I find it impossible to believe that he is the only human who is capable of
>>doing this.
>
>
>Think about this: How long did it take him to become able to do this? At
>least 12 years. How long would it take someone _new_ to catch up to his
>skills at this? About 12 years.
I agree with Robertson. I don't see much evidence that Hsu has any
extremely rare skills. It's not like many similar attempts with equivalent
backing failed miserably. Also Hsu's project didn't match the projections in
his 1990 Scientific American article.
James B. Shearer
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