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Subject: Re: Dead Wrong!

Author: Alvaro Polo

Date: 13:47:58 07/22/00

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On July 22, 2000 at 11:22:32, Ralf Elvsén wrote:

>On July 22, 2000 at 10:25:15, blass uri wrote:
>
>>On July 22, 2000 at 10:17:44, Robert Hyatt 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.
>>>
>>>I hate to argue here, but this is _absolute_ nonsense.  Chess programs are to
>>>the human brain as an insect is to the human specie.  Insects can do some
>>>things better.  They can carry more, in ratio to their body weight.  They
>>>can jump higher.  But they are _not_ more knowledgeable about anything.
>>>
>>>I'm surprised anybody would even begin to suggest this.  I'd be more than
>>>happy to read any evaluation function you want and point out the places where
>>>I have knowledge that it doesn't.  But we are going to have to have a lot of
>>>time to do this, because the gap is HUGE.
>>
>>There are many things that humans know and computers do not know but there are
>>many things that computers know and humans do not know.
>>
>>Humans can forget about one weakness in their evaluation and computer cannot do
>>it.
>>
>>I did not say that computer programs have better evaluation function but more
>>complicated.
>
>Could you please define "complicated".
>
>Ralf

I will do it. The complexity of a system is proportional to the length of the
description of its regularities. I don't believe that such description is
shorter for any program that for Kasparov's evaluation.

Alvaro

>
>>
>>If I have to calculate the evaluation of a chess program instead of using my
>>brain then I will have to use a lot of time.
>>
>>Humans can see 1-3 nodes per second because they do not do a lot of calculations
>>in their evaluation function.
>>
>>Uri
>>
>>
>>Uri



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