Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 02:49:32 06/13/01
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On June 13, 2001 at 03:42:41, Bruce Moreland wrote: >On June 12, 2001 at 23:56:26, Terry McCracken wrote: > >>Many IM's and GM's have felt the teeth of these and many other programs like >>Fritz, Junior, Tiger etc. >> >>However, it's true they lose to much lower rated players, even to me >>sometimes!;) That was a little wry humor, nothing more. I'ts not my fault you can't appreciate it! > >Humans have a hard time coping with this. Really? I think it's you not the GM's! > >A human who plays chess is an apple. A computer that plays chess is not an >orange, but it's not quite an apple, either. You can compare them, but not >perfectly. As if I didn't know the difference? The arrogance! > >A ludicrous example: Compare an unarmed human with a tank. A tank can blow up >a house at a range of over a kilometer, and can survive machine gun fire, >whereas an unarmed human cannot blow up a house at a range of even one meter, >and would fare badly against machine gun bullets. > >On the other hand, there are ditches that a tank cannot get out of, while a >human might have an easy time with these ditches. > >You can't deny the tank its strengths just because there's a ditch a human can >handle better. > >End of ludicrous example. Computers are getting better at being uniformly >strong, but they are not now, and will probably never be, perfect human analogs. > There will always be the possibility that a weak human player can say "duh" to >one of these machines -- sometimes. How do you know that? Today I agree, fifty years from now A.I. may be born and a "computer" for a lack of a better term will be irrepressible! > >bruce They only thing *Ludicrous* Bruce is your rude and ignorant reply! I can beat these machines far more than you can imagine, and I'm _not_ a _weak_ player! And why did you snip my post? I was bieng humorous with last sentence that you included in your reply! I've beaten some very strong players, _not_ just programms. I don't care to be compared as a *frail* human in regards to chess and GM's as *tanks* Mr. Moreland! By snipping my post, you missed my point entirely! I don't belittle your favorite "pet" , so please do not belittle me and my playing strength relative to GM's! Terry
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