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Subject: Re: Maybe all programs should now have a "for humans" and a "for computers"

Author: Sune Larsson

Date: 10:49:48 11/01/01

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On November 01, 2001 at 12:51:58, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote:

>Dear Stuart,
>
>When playing Junior or ChessTiger just give yourself rook odds.  Take away at
>least a rook and you should have a chance of beating the machine without
>resorting to error generation.


 Maybe good advice to ex US military staff - but not to chessplayers!
 Try once more!

 Sune



  You will have to think hard to beat the machine
>but it will not be a "give-me".
>
>
>Soon the machines will be putting us in virtual reality playing against a sexy
>human female with various levels of play.  In the background sweet violin music
>from YoYo Ma will lift our spirits.  The smells of cinnamon and apple will make
>us hungry.  Ahh, the good life.
>
>
>Enjoy,
>
>TIM
>
>On November 01, 2001 at 11:14:06, stuart taylor wrote:
>
>>Setting.
>>Maybe the wording should be something like this.
>>"Anti-human" makes it look like it's designed simply to make life hard, i.e.
>>tedious and taxing for humans, and therefore to be used by massochists.
>>But in fact it should be more humane really, as it is made to bring out the best
>>from the human, as well as, at the same time to give him the best "human"
>>challenge.
>>Human vs. "for computers" should result in the anti-computer experts getting
>>very succesful results compared to their ELO, and the non anti-computer experts
>>getting a relatively low success rate.(until tey get the hang of it, and maybe
>>to even take tranquilizers before the game!)
>>
>>I mean that perhaps, it should become official that when a human plays a
>>program, you are talking about the "for humans" mode.
>>S.Taylor



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