Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 18:46:03 07/26/00
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On July 26, 2000 at 18:04:09, Chris Carson wrote: >On July 26, 2000 at 17:56:42, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On July 26, 2000 at 14:35:04, Chris Carson wrote: >> >>>On July 26, 2000 at 14:22:21, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>On July 26, 2000 at 04:30:42, Jason Williamson wrote: >>>> >>>>>So, is Hsu going to release a Deep Thought commercial program with some sort of >>>>>Hardware card, simular to the ChessMachine of old? >>>>> >>>>>I can see some sort of marketing scheme where you can buy differnt version with >>>>>more chips on it, the 1x, 2x, 4x cards ect. Hmm, would it be considered a micro >>>>>still then? I guess so, since other programs (ie the Chessmachine) that used >>>>>hardware were. >>>>> >>>>>Jason >>>> >>>> >>>>I think that as of right now, DB is MIA and will continue to be so. Hsu had >>>>aspirations of building one 15x faster. However Kasparov declined to agree >>>>to play a third match assuming he could find sponsors and then build the >>>>machine. So with the chicken-and-egg problem unsolved, I think he has moved >>>>on to other things, period... >>> >>>Did Kasparov want this 15x thing to prove it self against other >>>opponents before he would grant the match? >>> >>>Best Regards, >>>Chris Carson >> >>Yes, he said "if you build it I will come, after it has played other humans to >>prove it is worthy." Hsu said "I can't build it until you agree to play it, as >>sponsors are only going to support another match (a rubber match, if you will) >>against the best human in the world." >> >>A chicken-and-egg problem. I won't play until you build it. You can't >>build it until I agree to play. >> >>Nothing happens, there... > >Thanks! > >Best Regards, >Chris Carson I should add that I personally feel that the "I won't play it until it has proved itself" is a tad superficial. I believe that the _previous_ version of this proposed machine proved itself quite forcefully. Although he might want to forget that. :)
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