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Subject: Re: Dead Wrong!

Author: Peter Hegger

Date: 11:06:49 07/22/00

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On July 22, 2000 at 13:17:57, blass uri wrote:

>On July 22, 2000 at 12:49:49, Peter Hegger wrote:
>
>>On July 22, 2000 at 00:39:09, blass uri wrote:
>>
>>>On July 21, 2000 at 16:48:09, Randall Shane wrote:
>>><snipped>
>>>>Using the above statement to claim that Deep Blue had a simple evaluation
>>>>function is a clear misunderstanding of the paragraph's internal and external
>>>>context.  From that statement, all that one can reasonably derive is that Deep
>>>>Blue has a simpler eval function than the human brain
>>>
>>>I think that commercial programs has more complicated evaluation function than
>>>the human brain.
>>>
>>>Humans cannot remmeber many numbers to calculate the evaluation of the position.
>>>The advnatage of humans is tha ability to use selective search and the ability
>>>to learn from search to change their evaluation and not more complicated
>>>evaluation function.
>>>
>>>Uri
>>
>>I for one believe that the human brains evaluation function is so many orders of
>>magnitudes more complex than DB's that it is totally unfathomable to suggest
>>otherwise.
>>Take any program you like and put it on a PC that is so slow it only computes
>>3 NPS such as a human brain does. Then play a games of chess against it and let
>>me know who won.
>>Of course DB gave an illusion of complexity because of it's 200,000,000 NPS But
>>it is an illusion none the less when compared to good ol' grey matter.
>>Regards,
>>Peter
>
>1)Humans know better which lines to search and know better rules to learn from
>search about evaluation so your test proves nothing.

Yes, humans know much more in these areas, which I believe proves my point.

>2)More complex does not mean better evaluation.
>
>3)From the human's point of view the evaluation of chess programs is more
>complex because if humans try to calculate the evaluation function of crafty in
>a game of chess they will lose on time and will not be able to search 3 nodes
>per second or only one node per minute.
>
>I am a human so I look at the facts from the human's point of view
>Uri



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