Author: Alvaro Polo
Date: 10:53:02 01/15/00
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On January 15, 2000 at 13:42:31, Albert Silver wrote: >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. > Cannot agree with that. The point is: it seems that Hsu is going very much to be idle (in this field) unless some miracle strikes. Alvaro > Albert Silver
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