Author: Don Dailey
Date: 05:15:11 07/28/98
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Some excepts from Ed's posts: >Remember "anti-GM"? > >Perhaps Anand was forced too? > >- Ed - >I think you should re-read the goals of anti-GM, the why's, its birth. >In the past at AEGON I have seen Rebel losing against grandmasters >without any chance. After such a game it is very frustrating to realize >your program didn't have just ONE little chance on counter play. > >anti-GM is about to deal with this problem. I don't know how good it is >as 8 games is not much but in most of the 8 games it was Rebel who >took the initiative which pleased me very much as this exactly is one >of the goals of anti-GM. > >- Ed - Hi Ed, I really hate to be so skeptical but I am. I have to admit I believe this is really more a marketing scheme than anything else, and I hope you take no offense, none is intended. The language you use when describing it could be lifted directly onto a glossy advertising brochure! Making the announcement probably guaranteed you many sales. Don't think I'm accusing you of making this up, I believe you are doing something and calling it anti-GM. I even believe things can be done in principle. It's just that I am very skeptical this is having much, if any effect on the results. I was not surprised by your results against Anand and congratulate you. It was better than I expected but within what I judged to be reasonable expectations. Your program is one of the very best and I don't know why everyone else was so surprised unless they don't realize how good your program is. I expected you to do well in the fast games and thought a win in the slow games would be an excellent results, but the draw is a good results too. The problem with anti-GM is that all you did was announce it and suddenly every one was congratulating you for such a great innovation. It's not even a new idea by any means. Anyone could have made this announcement without writing a single line of code. I have to remain skeptical until a whole lot more evidence comes in. Getting a good results against Anand with an already GREAT program does not do it for me. Is this going to be a switch we can turn on and off in your next program? Can we do our own tests and analyze the games and moves and do direct comparisons so that we can judge for ourselves? Will this mode play weaker against other computers or will it be just as strong? Until I can satisfy my curiosity I for one will remain a skeptic. If indeed you are doing wonderful things with opponent modeling then I am definitely interested. - Don
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