Author: Randall Shane
Date: 08:52:09 10/16/02
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On October 16, 2002 at 11:19:47, Uri Blass wrote: > >There are 3 possibilities: > >1)Hsu is not interested in making money >He is interested only in beating >kasparov or kramnik. > >If deep blue chip can beat all >the top programs of today then I expect >people to buy it(but people need first to >see a proof by a match against the top programs >of today when Hsu does not have the opponent). > >2)Hsu does not believe that he can make money >from a new chip or IBM does not allow him >to make money from a new chip(I do not >understand a lot of details >about it for example why does IBM forbid him >to discover all the details about deep blue >evaluation) > >It make IBM looks bad and it seems that they >have things to hide. > >3)Hsu knows that he cannot create a chip that >is better than the top programs of today. > >Uri Disclaimer -- I work for IBM. However, I don't do chess for IBM, I don't anybody who worked on that project (or even anybody who knows anybody!), and the closest I've been to Watson Research Center is driving past it on the way to a Japanese steakhouse. I'm probably less qualified to tell you what IBM is thinking than your average Magic 8-Ball. Nevertheless... I'd think that it's a combination of #2 -- IBM didn't get to where it was by releasing information of any kind without a good reason -- and a #4 you're forgetting -- Dr. Hsu may just be really tired of it all. With all the unjustified crap he's taken in and out of the computer chess and business communities, and the fact that he's spent nearly all of his adult life doing computer chess, I can imagine where he may just want to Do Something Else. He's written a book, documented his life, maybe he just doesn't want to do it anymore.
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