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Subject: Re: Deep Blue - The Conclusion of the Matter

Author: Matthew Hull

Date: 12:32:32 08/22/02

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On August 22, 2002 at 15:15:08, Uri Blass wrote:

>On August 22, 2002 at 14:37:07, Matthew Hull wrote:
>
>>On August 22, 2002 at 14:20:41, William H Rogers wrote:
>>
>>[snip]
>>>... That they beat the worlds champ in 2 out of 3 is on
>>>record, but that does not make them the worlds best.
>>>Bill
>>
>>It does if no other program has done it or can do it.  I guess we'll soon know
>>the answer if the Fritz/Kramnik thing ever happens.
>
>Kramnik gets the machine before the match.
>The interesting match is kasparov-Junior and not Kramnik-Fritz.
>
>I think that you should learn statistics and 6 games are too little data to
>decide and stopping to play after these 6 games suggest that they know that they
>were lucky and they want to give the public the worng impression by not playing
>more games.
>
>I do not fall for this trap.
>
>Uri
>Uri


Let's put it this way.  They are the only one's to ever get that lucky.  But for
some people, beating the World Champ in 6 games with a lot of skill and some
luck (maybe even a lot of luck) adds up to zero.  I think it adds up to > zero.
Can you at least admit that?



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