Author: william penn
Date: 13:17:53 05/24/01
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On May 24, 2001 at 09:59:57, Graham Laight wrote: >On May 23, 2001 at 21:09:35, william penn wrote: > >> >> Considering the fact the Deep jr and Fritz recently got 2700+ performance >>ratings in Super Gm Tourneys. The hardware race is spirling out of control, >>every three months something better and faster comes out. Is it remotely in the >>realm of possibility that we will have a program, competitive with Garry >>kasparov at 40/2, within five years. I would expect the progress of programming >>to improve steadily along with hardware advances. Should not pc programs run as >>fast as atleast Deep Thought2, with more sophisicated programming. > >Would make a good spread bet if we could agree where computers are now. > >According to SSDF, 2650. With readily available multiprocessor PCs, undoubtedly >higher. > >Then the likes of Albert Silver will come along and claim that, by using >anti-computer strategy (which, granted, is a perfectly fair tactic), players of >around 2300 can beat any PC. > >It's a tragedy that the Aegon tournaments have not run since '97 - what better >test of the latest computers against the latest anti-computer tactics could one >imagine! > >-g The problem with Aegon, is that some computer scientist such as Dr. hyaat will say that the time control is too fast, therefore it is not a good test although i tend to disagree
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