Author: Uri Blass
Date: 13:33:12 03/26/02
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On March 26, 2002 at 16:18:35, Miguel A. Ballicora wrote: >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. No The programmer has the right to do nothing during the games but only between the games. By the same logic if Gulko has a human coach who help him (between games) you know only the elo of Gulko and his coach and you will never know the elo of Gulko. Uri
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