Author: James Robertson
Date: 11:17:19 06/15/01
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On June 15, 2001 at 06:59:53, Mogens Larsen wrote: >On June 15, 2001 at 06:51:33, stuart taylor wrote: > >>I mean, even now, the GM's simply fall to pieces if they try to be tactical >>against computers. So their only chance is to try and circumvent such positions, >>and if they don't succeed, the outcome is very bleek indeed, for the human. >> And soon, the final hurdles of computer chess will be overcome, in which even >>style alone might suffice them to blow away any GM opposition, even on PC's. >> >>So, what is the great value of our human GM's, once people realize what's going >>on. > >And why run a marathon when you can just as easily take the bus? > >Mogens. This misses the point. Competition against machines in the physical realm is fun because there are no androids that destroy us in, say, a marathon or basketball game. Cars and buses are just so different that we aren't really competing against them. As far as I know though, there are few, if any mind games humans still play seriously that computers have mastered. Sure, people have spelling bees, but then there are not world spelling championships that anyone cares about. You will notice there is not a terrible amount of interest in checkers, and someday I believe chess will follow that fate. For this reason I can't understand why anybody would WANT computers to be better than humans. That just speeds up the trivialization of chess. Look what happened in the public's eye when DB beat Kasparov.... I think that that match really lowered the mystique of chess in people's eyes. Just my opinion.... James
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