Author: Mogens Larsen
Date: 13:03:26 06/13/00
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On June 13, 2000 at 15:51:02, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >But the learn file might as well be an opening book. What if I wrote a program >that spit the learn data directly into its book. All of a sudden it shouldn't be >allowed to use the book because books are bad? Now you're arguing for and >against features based on what they're called, not what they do or how they are >designed. If the book consisted of games played by the program itself then no problem. No inconsistency as far as I can tell. >Of course the program can't refuse nor reflect upon stuff. It's a program, not a >person. It's best not to confuse the two. I'll try to avoid that, even though some answers sound a bit computational :o). A program can reflect upon a game by analysis. We're not talking about to be or not be a piece of silicon. Best wishes... Mogens
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