Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 20:33:26 01/14/00
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On January 14, 2000 at 23:13:59, James B. Shearer wrote: >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. I don't think it is the same. Ask yourself this question: "Would *you* pay to watch it?" I would, and I would not pay to watch Linares. Right now, the match would be considered 1-1 would it not? I don't think we can claim a clear winner for either side.
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