Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 23:38:57 12/24/00
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On December 24, 2000 at 15:50:42, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>Either the PCA World Champion Kramnik or FIDE World Champion Anand are the best
>two humans to represent us against the best silicon monsters avaible for a least
>the next 7 years against P.C. Even if IBM brings back the IBM Deep Blue it does
>not have a chance against our Chess Human representatives in standard time
>control.
>
>PS: I am proud to know that the Human race is such well represented with these
>two genius.
>
>Pichard.
I think I would still be proud of the human race if a computer was able to beat
both champions.
Computers exist only because WE, humans, are programming them.
When a computer beats a human GM, it only shows that several humans working
together can beat a single human, even if it is extremely good at what he does.
That's what the Deep Blue team has demonstrated, to some extend (unfortunately
they have retired too soon).
If your two champions are, at this time, stronger than any chess computer, then
it just means to me that human beings are, at this time, not able to gather
together, analyze a problem, and produce a "tool" which could be better at
solving this well defined problem than the human brain itself.
If it is really the case, then it does not sound very good for the human race.
And if it stays like that for a very long time, then think twice: it is
definitely not good for us. All of us.
Christophe
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