Author: Don Prohaska
Date: 08:25:35 06/12/98
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You are right! But it gives lots of people something to do. And others something to complain about. And a lesson about volunteering. On June 12, 1998 at 10:55:32, Graham Laight wrote: >Looks like it's the end of the line for the SSDF list. > >It was due to update in early April. It's now mid June, and it still >hasn't updated. > >Anyway, the autotester methgodology entails the computers playing >thousands of games that no human will ever see. > >Human chess players don't play thousands of games between 2 players, >just to make sure the result is exactly right. > >In sport, the winner is the person who wins on the day. Who produces a >little extra magic when it is needed. > >The autotester methodology is taking the game too far away from human >experience for it to be worth doing in the context of providing sport or >entertainment for mankind. > >I challenge anyone to tell me why autotesting is a good thing to do! > >Having said that, I eagerly await the next SSDF list. :-)
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