Author: Bill Gletsos
Date: 06:32:31 06/16/01
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On June 16, 2001 at 06:59:56, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On June 16, 2001 at 06:14:47, Bill Gletsos wrote: > >>If you want to claim a computer is a GM let the computer earn the GM title just >>like any human would have to. >> >>Clearly a player is a GM because they meet the necessary FIDE Title criteria >>not because they have a 2500 rating. GM's didnt get their titles because of >>their rating but due to meeting a set of criteria that established them as >>being of as >>some of you would call it "GM strength". In general this criteria requires them >>to get 2 or more GM "norms" in events covering at least 24 games(30 games >>without a round robin or Olympiad) and a rating of at least 2500(within 7 years >>of acheiving the first GM norm). These events have to be valid Title events. > >This will make it quite problematic for a computer to ever get a GM >norm simply because most players wil refuse to play it. Also you are >not going to find much valid title events where computers are allowed. >The performance of the computer will depend a lot on how prepared the >humans are to play it. > >The 'rating of at least 2500' is also problematic for reasons which have >been stated already. > >Unless FIDE will suddenly treat computers like humans when entering into >events and enters them in the rating lists, and waits a few years for >the new ratings pool to stablilize and all humans learn about their new >opponents, you are going to have an unfair situation. > >Even then, the only thing you will be able to say is that computers >perform at the same level as humans when playing tournaments. > >I agree with Bruce that comparing humans and GM's is like comparing >soldiers and tanks. > >-- >GCP I obviously disagree with all of your points. Chris Carson on the other hand makes some very good ones. Bill
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