Author: Albert Silver
Date: 10:42:31 01/15/00
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On January 15, 2000 at 12:16:12, James Robertson wrote:
>>that is the _wrong_ question. The right question is "If someone else wanted
>>to continue the deep blue project _today_ how long would it take them to catch
>>up to the point where Hsu is? While Hsu is off doing a new machine by himself
>>without IBM involved? I claim 12 years +or longer+...
>>
>>And during that 12 years, Hsu would also have 12 years. He would not be
>>caught, most likely...
>
>If they started _today_, they would have Hsu's previous work to work with,
>unless the terms of his contract prevent anyone from ever accessing his
>research.
>
>But that is not really the point. I think the discussion started over whether or
>not another person or team of people could have created a supercomputer
>comparable to Deep Blue.
>
>James
I don't know about that. Even supposing that someone decided to go their own
way, what I understood is that any other approach would still take about 12
years to reach the standard Hsu set, and that while this other approach was
getting there, Hsu would not be idle.
Albert Silver
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