Author: Jason Williamson
Date: 20:53:50 07/18/00
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On July 18, 2000 at 16:26:08, Amir Ban wrote: >On July 18, 2000 at 11:05:03, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>I wouldn't begin to claim that DB "outplayed" kasparov in 97. I do claim that >>it "beat" him, of course. :) >> >>But in the above, the point is can you find any specific weakness in DB that >>would lead to GMs discovering that and beating it like a drum? Can you find >>any weakness in Deep Junior that would lead to GMs discovering that and beating >>it like a drum? >> >>That is the main difference I see. We _all_ saw the king safety/blocked >>position problem in Dortmund. We didn't see any such problem in DB'97. It >>must have weaknesses. But obviously no glaring weaknesses. DB'96 had them. >>Deep Junior (and every other program) of 2000 has them. DB'97 was something >>'different' in that regard, even though many want to pound their chests and >>say "mine is clearly and obviously better" or "it was just a fast/dumb machine." >>Both are far from truth. > >I quote Garry Kasparov who told me that game 1 of the DB'97 match was "a typical >computer game". Deeper Blue showed gross misunderstanding of king safety and was >smashed. > >Amir But wasn't Kasparov also quoted as saying after game two he witnessed the birth of a new kind of intelegence?
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