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Subject: Re: More doubts with gandalf

Author: Mogens Larsen

Date: 08:38:09 02/26/01

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On February 26, 2001 at 11:08:33, Ed Schröder wrote:

>That has to be seen, you can not draw that conclusion.

What conclusion?

>I have given the example of adding new chess knowledge to the program
>keeping in mind the current state of art of nowadays fast hardware.
>
>What if that "thought behind" (the fast hardware) is a WRONG approach?

Wrong by what or who's standards?

>I can not give you the answer, nobody can.

I'm not looking for specific answers, but I do take offense to dubious opinions.

>It is all so complicated and foggy, even after almost 20 years.

Yes, I think it is very foggy indeed, which is why I prefer your example.

In my mind Christophe's opinion is comparable to a "political" statement. With
the purpose of elevating attributes that are associated with his program and
degrading elements that are not. The result is simplistic and superficial IMO.

Regards,
Mogens



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