Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 05:48:41 07/27/00
Go up one level in this thread
On July 27, 2000 at 03:57:43, Alessandro Damiani wrote: >On July 26, 2000 at 21:46:03, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>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. :) > >I don't think it has to do with proving to be worth. He wants to analyse its >positional play. Without that he could be surprised of a move, a mating move? :) > >Alessandro I don't think that is the reason. Otherwise he could have said "I will sign a contract, but before the match, I want to have 24 (or whatever number) games against other GMs to look at to get a feel for how the machine thinks."
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.