Author: Claudio A. Amorim
Date: 07:21:00 04/16/02
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On April 15, 2002 at 12:16:38, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On April 15, 2002 at 12:13:37, Uri Blass wrote: > >>>Not "did not calculate". Instead, "did not understand"... >> >>Computers understand nothing. >>They only calculate. >> >>The evaluation function is only calculation based on a formula that the >>programmmer told the computer. > >I think what he means is that Shredder does not have the right formulas >for this kind of position, so it's calculations will be off, and that caused >the loss. > >It's possible for a program to have to wrong formulas and still play >right, because the search serves as an error-correcting device. > >-- >GCP To define what a "kind of position" means is a huge problem in itself. How do I know for sure that a given position is of one "kind" and not of another?
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