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Subject: Re: Addressing frequently-discussed Deep Blue issues (from a FHH talk)

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 12:23:17 10/08/02

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On October 08, 2002 at 13:09:54, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On October 08, 2002 at 10:38:23, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On October 08, 2002 at 10:30:16, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>>On October 08, 2002 at 03:58:13, Tom Kerrigan wrote:
>>>
>>>>On October 07, 2002 at 21:35:23, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Never said there was _not_ one.  I said "there was no reasonably efficient
>>>>>software implementation" that could be used in an engine."  Big difference.
>>>>>You _can_ emulate _anything_ in software, by definition.  But that doesn't
>>>>>mean you can use it to play games...
>>>>
>>>>Is that what you said? What was the date? I'd like to look that thread up.
>>>>
>>>>Also, it doesn't mean you can use it to play games? Then what software
>>>>simulation was Joel playing?
>>>>
>>>
>>>Deep Blue 2 on deep blue 1 hardware, for one thing.  The software eval was
>>>around
>>>for a long time, but it was not used to play gaime so far as I was ever told.
>>>It was used
>>>purely for tuning the eval by playing over a bunch of games, and
>>>"least-square-ing"
>>>the total error.
>>>
>>>I wouldn't begin to guess when I wrote that.  However, since I have had the deep
>>>thought
>>>software evaluation tuning code on my ftp site for years, it was a long time ago
>>>to be
>>>sure...
>>>
>>>However, I don't think anyone would attempt to lash that up to a search and play
>>>chess,
>>>for the reasons I gave you a year or two ago.  The software emulation would be
>>>way too
>>>slow.
>>
>>Not everybody is interested in generating
>>a stronger program.
>>
>>I believe that there are people who are
>>interested in emulating deep blue in software
>>not for being number 1.
>>
>>Uri
>>>
>
>
>
>What would you get by doing so?

I believe that this can help people to test the ability of deep blue in the
future.

Even if today it takes weeks to calculate what deep blue calculated in few
minutes when the hardware gets faster it is going to take less time so people
may be able to emulate a match between deep blue and the top programs of today
by using unequal hardware.

Uri



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