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Subject: Re: Some Philosophical questions on the limits of Computer chess

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 14:31:56 01/25/02

On January 25, 2002 at 17:25:56, Albert Silver wrote:
[snip]
>I don't think that's necessary, unless by playing nearly perfectly you just mean
>avoiding losing moves. The way you put it, it sounds as if there are very few
>non-losing moves (i.e. a narrow road to avoid losing against perfect play)
>whereas I believe there are many many roads to a draw that even perfect play
>from the other side would not easily avoid.

Perhaps.  Imagine this:

How many times will a 5 year old, who correctly knows the rules of chess but
never sees beyond 2 plies do against Kasparov?  I submit that they will never
win or draw, for all practical purposes.

A perfect player verses Kasparov should be far more dominating than that.

Re: Some Philosophical questions on the limits of Computer chess Albert Silver 14:49:13 01/25/02
- Re: Some Philosophical questions on the limits of Computer chess Dann Corbit 14:53:39 01/25/02
  - Re: Some Philosophical questions on the limits of Computer chess Roy Eassa 14:56:07 01/26/02
  - Re: Some Philosophical questions on the limits of Computer chess Aaron Tay 09:50:03 01/26/02
  - Re: Some Philosophical questions on the limits of Computer chess J. Wesley Cleveland 17:42:29 01/25/02
    - Re: Some Philosophical questions on the limits of Computer chess Dann Corbit 11:43:36 01/26/02
  - Re: Some Philosophical questions on the limits of Computer chess karen Dall Lynn 15:30:14 01/25/02
    - Re: Some Philosophical questions on the limits of Computer chess Dann Corbit 15:42:03 01/25/02
  - Re: Some Philosophical questions on the limits of Computer chess Albert Silver 15:22:15 01/25/02
    - Re: Some Philosophical questions on the limits of Computer chess Janosch Zwerensky 09:23:00 01/26/02
    - Re: Some Philosophical questions on the limits of Computer chess Dann Corbit 15:31:10 01/25/02
      - Re: Some Philosophical questions on the limits of Computer chess Albert Silver 16:03:21 01/25/02
        
        Re: Some Philosophical questions on the limits of Computer chess Janosch Zwerensky 09:29:50 01/26/02
        
        Re: Some Philosophical questions on the limits of Computer chess Albert Silver 09:52:34 01/26/02
        
        Re: Some Philosophical questions on the limits of Computer chess Peter Hegger 12:13:28 01/27/02
        
        Re: Some Philosophical questions on the limits of Computer chess Albert Silver 14:07:26 01/27/02
        
        Re: Some Philosophical questions on the limits of Computer chess Dann Corbit 16:15:26 01/25/02
        
        Re: Some Philosophical questions on the limits of Computer chess Albert Silver 16:33:24 01/25/02
        
        Re: Some Philosophical questions on the limits of Computer chess Dann Corbit 16:47:44 01/25/02
        
        Re: Some Philosophical questions on the limits of Computer chess Roy Eassa 14:48:00 01/26/02
        
        Re: Some Philosophical questions on the limits of Computer chess Sune Fischer 15:11:45 01/26/02
        
        Re: Some Philosophical questions on the limits of Computer chess Albert Silver 15:43:01 01/26/02
        
        Re: Some Philosophical questions on the limits of Computer chess Sune Fischer 16:30:10 01/26/02
        
        Re: Some Philosophical questions on the limits of Computer chess Albert Silver 17:41:28 01/25/02
        
        Re: Some Philosophical questions on the limits of Computer chess Dann Corbit 10:43:06 01/26/02
Re: Some Philosophical questions on the limits of Computer chess Uri Blass 14:39:19 01/25/02
- Re: Some Philosophical questions on the limits of Computer chess Dann Corbit 14:46:39 01/25/02
  - Re: Some Philosophical questions on the limits of Computer chess Uri Blass 21:29:02 01/25/02

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