Author: Chessfun
Date: 05:55:53 06/26/01
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On June 26, 2001 at 08:28:42, Chris Carson wrote: >On June 26, 2001 at 04:53:05, Mark Young wrote: > >>ChessTiger has now produced 2 wins in a row and a draw against strong titled IM >>players. It must be noted ChessTiger is doing this on hardware that is not >>considered ultra fast PIII 866 256 MB Ram. Most people own hardware this good or >>better. This is not a chess program running on thousands of dollars with of >>equipment with 8 CPUs. >> >>If ChessTiger continues playing as well as it is, the 2100 elo crowd or the No >>way computers are GM crowd will have to come up with someway to explain this >>performance. As I doubt it will change anyone’s mind even if ChessTiger wins >>this tournament. > >Several people who use to be in the "programs are less than 2500" camp have >revised their view based on results. This is the right thing to do, I would >change my view if the results went the other way over a couple of hundred games >(unlikely to happen). Please list the several?. for my curiosity. >The following is not a slam on anyone, everyone is entitled to their opinion, >this is just my own rational for why people have the opposing view: > >1. They have their opinion and nothing is going to change it. Thats ok, I can >agree to disagree, everone does not have to share my opinion, but I will not >change my view without actual results to back it up (couple of hundred games >that would drop the performance of the programs to 2100 or whatever). So a program has to have a 2100 ELO before you'll accept it's not a GM...interesting. >2. Money ($$$). If programs are strong, the the thought is that "chess" may not >be a good money generator for Phd research. Some people have researh and >teaching careers tied into making programs "GM strength" or better than 2500. >If commercial programs already do this, then the money for reaearch goes away. Sounds like nonsense to me. >3. Ego may also play into this. Once someone makes a stand, it is very hard to >change a belief. Reads like nonsense to me. Sarah.
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