Author: Marc van Hal
Date: 15:52:47 06/04/01
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On June 04, 2001 at 16:03:36, John Hatcher wrote: >Here is a news report today from Reuters which may be of interest: > >********************************************************** > >(Reuters) > >Scottish University Sets Up First Chess Doctorate > >EDINBURGH, Scotland (Reuters) - A Scottish university is setting up the world's >first chess doctorate which its creator hopes will lead to the development of >supercomputers capable of beating even the greatest of grandmasters. > >``My computers will be as clever as 1,000 Einsteins,'' course director Peter >Vas, professor of artificial intelligence at Scotland's Aberdeen University, >told Reuters Monday. > >A keen chess player himself, Vas is looking for around 40 graduates for the >three-year PhD course, which also aims to push back the boundaries of artificial >intelligence, creating computers that can think and learn by themselves. > >He hopes former Russian world chess champion Garry Kasparov will become a >lecturer. > >Only the brainiest need bother applying -- prospective candidates must be highly >proficient at math and computing and be in the top flight of their national >chess rankings. > >``There will be a grandmaster entrance exam,'' Vas said, although he denied >reports that they had to beat the grandmaster in a game to get in. > >``Obviously we can't ask for them to beat a grandmaster because if it was >Kasparov playing 100 people simultaneously, he would still beat them all,'' Vas >said. ``Just showing the potential will be enough.'' > >Vas said the new supercomputers would have the combined intelligence of the >world's finest human minds. > >However, they would not live up to the apocalyptic fantasies of some Hollywood >film directors and get so smart they tried to destroy humanity. > >``An intelligent thing will always stop short of destroying itself,'' Vas said. >``There's no chance of that happening.'' > >Even Kasparov, who has met tough electronic challengers in IBM's 'Deep Blue' and >its bigger, better cousin 'Deeper Blue', stands to gain. > >``Playing something better than him will help him improve his game,'' Vas said. >******************* >END a pitty Botvinik is no more. I gues he would be gladly to help.
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