Author: Alvaro Polo
Date: 00:55:30 02/01/00
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On January 31, 2000 at 18:38:43, Dann Corbit wrote: >On January 31, 2000 at 17:40:47, leonid wrote: >[snip] >>Also all this people that work now in the field of chess programming are the >>real killers of future chess game. Once all the programs will beat the human (we >>are almost there), human will drop the game for ever. Why play the game that >>humilate you all the time and indice you dealy feeling of unavoidable >>inferiority? > >No way. > >A fast chess program on a fast computer can already beat 99.999% of us 99.999% >of the time. Did that kill our love for the game? Those who can stand against >them as peers are a very elite minority. In essense, the death knoll you >mention was crossed long ago. > >A race car or motorcycle can clobber a sprinter in 100 meters. Did that wipe >out the Olypic games or even lessen our enthusiasm? > A race car ot motorcycle is a tool. A chess computer is a complete substitute. I believe that when computers are way better than humans, interest in chess will not vanish, but it will diminish, and money is going to become scarce. A question here, what has happened in the checkers world? I understand than computers are already better than humans there. Alvaro >At some point, computers will make moves that are beautifully sublime. If >anything, it will increase my enjoyment of computer chess, and chess in general.
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