Author: Slater Wold
Date: 17:32:10 08/09/02
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On August 09, 2002 at 20:26:51, Dann Corbit wrote: >On August 09, 2002 at 17:28:19, José Carlos wrote: > >>On August 09, 2002 at 16:37:39, Roy Eassa wrote: >> >>>They are offering to give Kasparov $700,000 to show up and lose. He's only >>>human and that's an awful big temptation. Why would he work a thousand times as >>>hard for an extra 14%? >>> >>>Just show up, play casually and without concentrating very hard, and you're >>>$700,000 richer. >>> >>>I've never heard of a match in any sport in which somebody gets only 14% more >>>money for winning versus losing. >>> >>>Why not cut the loser's share dramatically and make it interesting? >> >> I agree with you. >> This sounds to me like motivating Kasparov not to try hard for a win, which is >>a bad way to get a good result (for the program team). >> I'd rather give money for each win, maybe 33% of it for each draw and zero for >>losing, which would allow us to see what Kasparov can achieve against the >>computer. >> With the conditions you mention, I think Kasparov will go for a minimum win. > >'It was only a little tiny desk machine this time.' That might be the funniest thing I've ever read!
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