Author: Eran
Date: 09:30:19 10/08/02
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On October 08, 2002 at 12:27:12, Louis Fagliano wrote: >On October 08, 2002 at 12:00:05, Eran wrote: > >> >>He must feel really bad and depressed, right? >> >>Eran > >Why? I didn't expect computers to be better than a human world champion this >soon, but the point is that eventually they will. (Perhaps by 2015?) What >Franz Morsch and other programmers are gaining is valuable information of where >the weak points in their programs are. Though it may take a while and require >more advances in hardware (faster processors and more memory) if, or perhaps >when, those advances come and coupled with some new algorythm that hasn't even >been thought of at this time computers will surpass the human world champion. > >What is happening here is that the way Kramnik beats Fritz will provide the >direction that programmers have to take to shore up the weaknesses in their >programs. Without the results and games of this match, and the Kasparov-Deep >Junior 7 match, programmers wouldn't know exactly how the best human players can >exploit their programs. > >If human world champions realy want to stave off the day that computers will be >able to beat them in a match then they should refuse to play computers at all, >leaving programmers wondering where their programs are weak. In this way >Kranmik and Kasparov in playing these matches at all are actually doing a >valuable service to aspiring programmers. Yeah, I agree with you. Programmers improve their programs by learning from mistakes. Eran
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