Author: Roger D Davis
Date: 20:13:08 08/26/00
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On August 26, 2000 at 23:04:57, stuart taylor wrote: >On August 26, 2000 at 22:45:16, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >>On August 26, 2000 at 21:16:06, stuart taylor wrote: >> >>>If only a massive rating list such as ssdf can clearly indicate the relative >>>strengths of chess programs, so what is the point of championships of a few >>>games? >>> Perhaps these championships and computer tournaments should have a clear >>>porpose and function other than sample exhibition, if people say the results in >>>themselves, mean nothing. >>>S.Taylor >> >>Why do you guys insist that the championship have some sort of deeper >>significance? It's not a math exercise, it is a competition. >> >>bruce > >That sounds quite profound! >One of several differences between human and machine competition is that humans >know when they are competing, and act accordingly. Then it much less a question >of maths. With machines, the results are basically predetermined, it just has >to be actualized. To be viewed. >S.Taylor Of course, human programmers know that their programs are competing, and take steps to optimize books and get fast machines, and so on. Roger
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