Author: Timothy J. Frohlick
Date: 10:38:54 06/07/01
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On June 07, 2001 at 13:10:32, Robert Hyatt wrote: I showed it to a member of the journalism department here at UAB. I explained the deep blue / fritz history dating back to 1995, and then what happened with Kasparov after that (he is a chess player so he knew most of it anyway). He concluded the same thing I concluded: "very sloppy journalism". They are getting wrong information. Would it be ok to say that Japan/Germany won World War II? Does it really matter today? The answer is _yes_ it does. The "puff" about the game he played was fine. But the error-filled first paragraph that made statement of fact that were grossly wrong was _not_ fine. Dear Dr. Hyatt, The Burgess computer chess article was indeed sloppy journalism. I am constantly angered at the horrible level of scientific understanding in the journalistic community here in the U.S.A. and G.B. The only way to remedy incompetence is to "sue" the bastards. Luckily, for most journalists, there is little that they say that is very important. Nobody's life depends on what journalists say. As long as they make no overt threats or try to incite a riot, I think that we can consider "cum granum salis" a valid way to deal with articles by uninformed journalists. Fernando Villegas would have written a much better article. Burgess on the other hand did have a certain whiz-bang style. Reminds me of Samuel Clemens. With Respect, Tim Frohlick
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