Author: stuart taylor
Date: 18:07:50 06/17/00
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On June 17, 2000 at 21:05:37, stuart taylor wrote: >Maybe, computers should not take part in normal human tournaments, championships >and leagues etc. but there should be rated and well sponsored tournaments >arranged for those humans who are actually interested in playing against >computers at own risk (of losing etc.). And the incentives should be good prize >money, and good elo ratings for winning games. Perhaps, there should be official >computer ratings. If not too many honestly dispute it strongly (unless it can be >scientifically concluded), perhaps it can be based on comp.vs. comp, and maybe >combined with human (say, if there is a minimum of 100 serious tournament games >to combine them with-although I'm not sure where those would come from). > Standard hardware only, should be used, or standard combinations of hardware, >which must not be changed more than once in 3 years, to give plenty of time for >conclusive evidence and record keeping etc. > If this system starts now with e.g. 4x500mhz. and if that is exactly identical >in power to 2000mhz of pc's which will be available in half a year from now. >then in 2 years from then, even if 2000mhz will be considered very slow, still >it should be used for 6 months longer. By that time, I don't know if 2000mhz. >will be all that bad, but 4-5000mhz may then be available. But also, there will >probably be quite easy access to 10,000 or 20,000 power. > 20,000mhz.will be 2000x10 the speed of the last 3 years, and about 100elo more >in rating or even less. That can be determined for the next 3 years. > If there are cheap mainframes available all around the world by then, of about >1 terrahertz, then perhaps they can be used. >S.Taylor
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