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Subject: Re: Kasparov's manager answers Hsu

Author: george petty

Date: 21:34:29 01/14/00

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On January 14, 2000 at 21:42:48, James B. Shearer wrote:

>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

 James you and Robertson and two pretty sharp fellows.  You are both wonderful
 thinkers.  Keep it up.

 George



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