Author: James B. Shearer
Date: 20:13:59 01/14/00
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On January 14, 2000 at 22:36:34, Dann Corbit wrote:
>Has the financial reward suddenly vanished? If another machine came along and
>could successfully challenge Kasparov and/or Deep Blue would it fail to garner
>the interest of people? I suspect it might even be more monumentous.
Probably. Who was the second man to climb Everest? Who was the second
man to run a four minute mile? Who was the second man to walk on the moon? Do
you see a pattern here?
Not to mention the fact that it is pretty clear that neither Kasparov nor
IBM has any desire to accept such a challenge.
James B. Shearer
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