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Subject: Re: Dr. hyaat may hay been right?

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 01:03:15 07/01/00

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On July 01, 2000 at 03:57:00, Jerry Adams wrote:

>
> The Best Software on the best machines are not playing grandmanster level
>chess. Or should I say that Rebel century is an exception? Generally Software
>Programs in my opinion are not demonstrationing grandmaster results? I mean at
>40\2hrs or am I mistaken?

Not enough data to say, one way or the other.  It's little more than an educated
guess.

Every time a program does well, the proponents of "machine dominance" jump for
joy and proclaim the end of mankind's reign in the arena of chess.  Every time
the human GM's trounce the machines, the "humanity advocates" deride the hulking
pieces of flimsy tin as inferior, dimwitted dullards.

My opinion (without adequate facts to back it up) is that the best programs are
near GM level right now because GM's don't know how to play them.  When GM's
learn anti-computer strategy, they will beat the machines back for a time (maybe
1-5 years) and then the algorithmic and hardware advances will gradually creap
past.




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