Computer Chess Club Archives


Search

Terms

Messages

Subject: Re: I think it's pretty Common Knowledge now

Author: Miguel A. Ballicora

Date: 13:18:35 03/26/02

Go up one level in this thread


On March 26, 2002 at 16:01:47, Uri Blass wrote:

>On March 26, 2002 at 13:56:41, Andrew R. Case wrote:
>
>>Exactly the point I wanted to make, if the programs played numerous games
>>against GMs, the GMs would eventualy find a way to beat them on a regular basis.
>>Also I would be willing to bet that the programs used in the Gulko match are not
>>the same versions(with the exception of Shredder) that most people have, and
>>certainly not the same opening books.
>
>I see no problem with it.
>
>The program and the book should not be available in order to prevent unfair
>advantage.
>
>I am sure that if Gulko becomes commercial and everybody can buy it and play
>against it when the real gulko knows nothing about the games then Gulko's elo is
>going to be smaller but it is not fair.
>
>If we want to know the real elo of programs then the programs should not be
>commercial and the program should have the right to learn from the programmer

Then you know the elo of the programmer+program, not the elo of the program.
I might even grant that. But the program should be playing in the circuit for a
long time. Not just a tournament and a couple of 1hr games.

Miguel

>between the games(humans also learn from other people between games).

>
>Uri



This page took 0 seconds to execute

Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700

Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.