Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 07:39:26 04/02/01
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On April 01, 2001 at 12:44:40, Albert Silver wrote: >On March 31, 2001 at 21:13:22, Torstein Hall wrote: > >>I do not think IBM stand to loose anytihing. The big public has forgotten that >>Deep Blue ever existed! Anyway, I feel the marketing value of DB is low nopw, so >>perhaps someone with a few extra bucks to spare can buy DB now? >> >>Torstein >> >>Was it really a monster playing chess named DB? > >You are so wrong there. It is almost depressing to see how everytime I mention I >play chess the name Deep Blue, or "that computer that beat that Russian", or any >of a hundred other variations on it, crops up. I get this at ALL levels, and at >the most unexpected moments. No, Deep Blue hasn't been forgotten. > > Albert I don't see how anyone can overlook the obvious. :) The general public would recognize "deep blue" over "kasparov" by a _huge_ margin. Micro fans always fan the flames by "wishing" that the best micro programs could beat DB today. Even though such a thing is highly unrealistic. DB will _always_ be the measuring stick for computer chess, until someone comes along and does even better. IE when a computer takes on the world champion and wins or draws _every_ game, that will make news. When a computer takes on the world champion and wins _every_ game, that will make news. Until then, we are simply going to live in the _enormous_ shadow of DB. And all the wild claims, exaggeration, hyperbole, wishful thinking, and so forth won't change that a bit...
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