Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 07:47:53 02/14/00
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On February 14, 2000 at 02:42:16, Alvaro Polo wrote: >On February 13, 2000 at 18:05:01, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >>On February 13, 2000 at 17:42:24, Bradley Woodward wrote: >> >>>On February 13, 2000 at 16:55:12, John Kilkenny wrote: >>> >>>>like a regular GM(in other words play REGULAR chess), then YES THEY PLAY GM >>>>STRENGTH CHESS! However once GMs learn their weaknesses they will be able to >>>>beat them". A shocking admission by Hyatt, because the arguement has always >>>>been that Comps are GMs at regular chess play! If GMs could learn the >>>>weaknesses of Kasparov and Kasparov had no way to adjust for each opponent. >>> >>>Why is it that some section of the computer chess community feel the urge to >>>turn every victory by a computer over a GM into an attack on Bob Hyatt? >> >>Bob's in a position he won't be able to defend forever, since hardware advances >>alone will eventually cause computers to score >50% against anybody. >> >>In the case of many arguments, you can argue one way today and the same way >>tomorrow, and you know you'll be as right tomorrow as you are today. But you >>can't argue that the tide is out forever, eventually you will have to admit that >>it is in. And this doesn't mean that you were wrong about it being out a while >>ago. >> >>I think that Bob has a different definition of "in" than many of you do. But he >>obviously knows that the tide will come in eventually. >> >>The sad thing is that when he does decide that as far as he's concerned the tide >>is in, many people will declare victory, since for them the tide has been in >>forever. But this is of course not true either. >> > >It is sad, but I sure hope and believe that Bob is intelligent enough not to >start an argument with them, explaining the true facts, once they declare >"victory" against him. > >Alvaro > What I find so very amusing is that my "opinion" matters so much to a very few. (IE Odell Hall, etc, on the computer is a GM issue). If they believe so strongly that a computer is a GM, so what about my opinion? I don't worry about theirs. I would think they wouldn't worry about mine. But somehow my opinion prevents them from sleeping soundly at night or something... The world is a strange place at times... >>The tide wasn't in at the last Aegon (1997), even though some people were >>starting to say that it was. I don't know if it's in yet, but everyone has to >>watch out now or they'll get wet feet, that's for sure. >> >>bruce
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