Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 22:04:23 01/27/00
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On January 27, 2000 at 21:32:07, Dann Corbit wrote: >On January 27, 2000 at 21:18:05, Robert Hyatt wrote: >[snip] >{regarding DB support}: >>This is an unforgivable sin here or anywhere else. I think it quite funny >>that (a) folks wonder why Hsu doesn't post here; and then (b) attack anything >>they do as inferior. >> >>I have said this before... They are far better than anybody (other than maybe >>myself and a couple of others) give them credit for. Just continue to watch >>the analysis of the DB logs. We suddenly discover that (a) they are searching >>a lot deeper than some kept thinking; (b) their branching factor is actually >>not much worse than the rest of us; (c) etc. >> >>Best to wait and watch. Lots more will come out over time... But the >>naysayers will _never_ be silenced... > >I find it very puzzling the huge amount of absolute hostility towards Deep Blue >[and HERE of all places]! > >The last match was 1997. That's about 3 years ago, and we still talk about it >almost daily. Nothing comes even remotely close to being as interesting as the >Deep Blue match. Nothing has ever generated the publicity for computer chess >like the Deep Blue match. > >And yet people are clearly *angry* at the Deep Blue team. Is there some sort of >history that would explain it? I keep feeling that I have walked late into a >movie and everyone is panning the hero, who seems like such a nice guy. > >Most amazing of all are the sort of persons who are irate. Almost always >incredibly intelligent computer science types. > >*boggle* First, everyone wants _their_ favorite micro program to be #1. That won't happen. Second, nobody wants to see a big iron machine do well. they want the machine they can afford to come out on top. That won't happen either, for at least another 10 years. I saw this reaction to Cray Blitz, to Belle, to Nuchess/Chess 4.x, deep thought, hitech and deep blue. Third, 'university types' seem to not be in vogue with many. Many would prefer if a 'everyday person' were delivering the best chess performance. You can sense a little bit of "anti-academia" most anywhere... Who knows what other issues are involved...
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