Author: Rafael Andrist
Date: 13:42:15 04/10/02
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On April 10, 2002 at 16:01:50, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On April 10, 2002 at 14:19:34, Rafael Andrist wrote: > >>On April 10, 2002 at 11:52:16, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>>>1. Deep Blue had 50x the knowledge of todays programs. >>> >>>I don't know that that statement is true. I am certain, based on details >>>that I learned by talking to Hsu at the last couple of ACM events, that they >>>had knowledge that other programs did not have. We had a giant discussion >>>one night about opposite bishops. A version of chess genius was playing >>>(I think at least) and it was saying the position was a dead draw. Hsu >>>pointed out that it wasn't a draw at all and that "deep blue prototype" >>>knew this. He later showed us what it thought about how to win. A GM >>>had explained this to them a couple of years earlier and they had built it >>>in to the program with good results. They mentioned _lots_ of such special- >>>case evaluation terms that were
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