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Subject: Re: Is the "are computers GMs" debate laid to rest yet?

Author: Otello Gnaramori

Date: 10:05:58 04/12/02

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On April 12, 2002 at 10:55:01, Roy Eassa wrote:

>Maybe someday tens of thousands of hours will be spent by GMs to develop the
>ability for to win a game that had been played previously only by computers.
>The human skill of beating strong computer chess opponents is still in its
>infancy.

That's not true, anticomputer techs are well known from long time...

Yet even this early, there are non-GMs who consistently score well
>against the top programs.  If and when that new skill is improved, spread
>around, and finally adopted by the top GMs, we may see very different results.
>
>Or maybe not.  We'll just have to wait and see.

Programmers are developing powerful anti-gm weapons meanwhile, see e.g. Ed's
program.

w.b.r.
Otello



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