Author: Robin Smith
Date: 22:15:32 06/12/01
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On June 12, 2001 at 23:44:53, John Hatcher wrote: >The question may be interesting in the abstract, and of interest to chess >programmers, but since both Grandmasters and chess programs are stronger than >99% of the chess players on the planet, I think what interests the average >program user is how well they can be made to play in a way that mimmics a >human's understanding of the game. > >Of course, computers don't play chess; they crunch numbers and process >algorithims. They don't "know" whether they're playing chess, "writing" a >letter, or playing a Midi tune. It's the programmer's skill at making a >computer mimmic human activity that makes it so fascinatng. It's an illusion; a >clever and successful one; but just an illusion. > >John Is the illusion that chess programs display intelligence by playing chess, or is the illusion that humans display intelligence by playing chess? Robin
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