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Subject: Re: Computer Chess Programs & Intelligence

Author: Graham Laight

Date: 01:57:13 03/14/01

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On March 13, 2001 at 19:06:27, HECTOR MUNOZ wrote:

>There are some who might argue  that a computer chess program  is not a
>demonstration of intelligence  in particular, a program which uses Shannon's
>Type A  Approach. I need to present a solid argument that such a program
>does involve intelligence.

If intelligence is the ability to find (or create) knowledge which is useful in
a given situation (the definition I personally prefer), then chess computers are
very intelligent in the domain of chess, since they do this better than all
humans (except the top 20-40).

If you prefer to say that to be intelligent, you need to be able to
independantly learn about a situation, then all the top chess programs would
have to be described as being, to use a British Army expression, "as thick as
pigshit".

-g



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