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Subject: Re: Future match ? - Russek vs Rebel results.

Author: Chris Carson

Date: 08:37:24 04/25/02

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On April 25, 2002 at 10:45:06, Roy Eassa wrote:

>On April 25, 2002 at 10:27:19, Chris Carson wrote:
>
>>On April 25, 2002 at 10:16:13, Roy Eassa wrote:
>>
>>>I also refuse to believe for one moment that you would have been one of those
>>>people who said that man could NEVER build heavier-than-air devices that can fly
>>>just because they hadn't yet at some point in the past, or that organ
>>>transplants would NEVER be possible because they hadn't yet been performed
>>>successfully at some point in the past.
>>
>>Ofcourse people can adapt and create new developments.  Comercial programs that
>>play like strong GM's is another example.
>
>
>I'm definitely looking forward to the day when such things exist!  We will will
>recognize that day because non-GMs like Eduard Nemeth and Kurt Utzinger (and
>many others) will no longer able to score frequent draws and even wins against
>the programs.  The computers will beat all non-IMs/GMs nearly 100% of the time,
>just as real GMs do today.
>
>Today, of course, there are numerous people who are not IMs or GMs but can draw
>and even win against the programs WAY out of proportion to what would be the
>case if the programs were truly strong GMs (not to mention the innumerable
>positions in which the computers play clearly weaker than a 2200 player).  As
>knowledge of the techniques of those people spreads to more people and
>especially to IMs and GMs, the preliminary "ratings" of the programs will
>reflect the wising-up of their human opponents.

Ofcourse we disagree about the strength of the programs.  I can live with that.



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