Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 14:45:56 08/01/01
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On July 31, 2001 at 22:37:13, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On July 31, 2001 at 18:36:53, Otello Gnaramori wrote: > >><snip> >>Franz Morsch saying the main difference between this version of Fritz compared >>to its predecessors did not lie so much in greater chess knowledge but more due >>to the machines newfound ability to deal with anti-computer chess strategy, and >>to learn from its mistakes. He also said that he believed that this incarnation >>of Fritz is every bit as strong as the Deep Blue II that defeated Kasparov and >>has far greater "chess knowledge". >><snip> >> >>Good to say that...:) >> >>Regards. > > >If that is a direct quote from Frans, my respect for him just took a _huge_ >nose-dive. The quote is simply nonsense. Deep Blue was a machine that the world saw play 12 games almost 5 years ago. None of those games were against another computer. After those 12 games, it disappeared forever. I think that it would be a mistake to found a religion based upon this. The "Deep Blue was awesome and we can never hope to surpass" it attitude does not further computer chess, even a little. If they want to disappear, fine, let's all forget them and move on. If Frans wants to say something like this, it's not much different than assigning all sorts of god-like capabilities to the machine. If they want the reputation, let's see them rejoin the community and play a bunch of games. If they don't want to do that, it's hard to provide substantitive counter-argument against the "Deep Blue Sucks" people, and I don't see why any of us should try. Bob, they left and they aren't coming back. They didn't make much of a real legend before they left. Posthumous attempts to create a legend for them shouldn't be our business. If Frans beats Kramnik then bravo Frans. If he does beat Kramnik, I bet he'll be at the WCCC next year. bruce
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