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Subject: Re: A great idea, but...

Author: Andrzej Nagorko

Date: 07:16:39 11/19/00

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On November 18, 2000 at 20:19:12, Will Singleton wrote:

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>>>>
>>>>Here is an idea:
>>>>Hold the match "live" at some slow time control.
>>>>Do not tell the viewers which is the computer.
>>>>Conduct a live, running poll, asking which is which.
>>>>Reveal the answer after the game.
>>>>
>>>>This would be like a Turing test, and it might be feasable now.
>>>>I think those whose programs are said to be human-like, should
>>>>risk it! It would be interesting!
>>>
>>>Very nice idea indeed!
>>>
>>>Ed
>>
>>
>>
>>Yes, yes, a thousand times YES!
>>
>>Let's see if people are able to guess who is human, who is program!
>>
>>
>>
>>    Christophe
>
>Wouldn't work.  Immediate moves from pondering would give it away.  Perhaps you
>could disable pondering, or at least not move immediately?
>
>Will


  Not relaying moves immediately, but only after both white and black moved
(relay two moves at once) should solve this problem. Of course, clocks should be
stopped in such relay, so there would be no information about time left.

Andrzej



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