Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 05:33:49 02/14/00
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On February 14, 2000 at 03:35:51, blass uri wrote: >On February 14, 2000 at 00:19:17, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On February 13, 2000 at 23:34:13, Martin Grabriel wrote: >> >>>I read in the papers that a mechanical engineer by the name of Prayoon >>>Ekaworawong beat Deep Blue Jr in 13 minutes with 58 moves in a demonstration >>>game at a trade fair in Thailand on 11 Feb 2000 and is quoted to have said that >>>his computer opponent (which evaluates 10 million positions a second) did not >>>put up a very good fight. >>>Anyone heard something like that or have the move list? >> >> >>This 'machine' has been discussed before. It isn't really "deep blue >>junior" at all. It is a web-based version of the program that is 'stateless'. >>IE no repetition detection, etc. It is set up to search at 1 sec/move, and >>serves as a demo machine for IBM all over the world. Hsu estimated that it >>was under 2200 in playing strength. Maybe well under 2200. > >I do not understand what is the reason to use this machine. > >If this machine is not really deep blue Junior then IBM should not let this >machine to play because they could expect that people are going to say that it >is deep blue Junior. > >What does IBM earn from using a weak version of deep blue Junior? >If they cannot use the real thing then it is better that they do nothing. > >Uri It is about public relations, apparently. They want to keep the 'name' active, is my best guess. I assume this is pressure from salesmen/marketing as they are doing the demos usually.
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