Author: Chris
Date: 04:44:31 10/20/02
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Hi Fernando, I finished the book in one go like you in one week, and it was exciting. However, I think you should watch out for drawing conclusions from what one man tells you about things in the past. Hsu leaves out some facts, and (with some exceptions) don't tell you very much about the games that Deep Blue lost. He all the time has excuses when the computer loses, very much like some human chess players actually. If you read a man's memoires, you get his version. You shouldn't treat this like it is the truth. It it not surprising that Hsu thinks that a later version of Deep Blue would crush Kasparov. And it doesn't make it true that he thinks so. It doesn't surprise me either that he tries to make Kasparov look silly, but actually I think Hsu is the silly one because of his attemps to rewrite history. Chris On October 19, 2002 at 21:44:49, Fernando Villegas wrote: >I have just finished the book by Feng-Hsiung Hsu. In just a shot, from after >lunch to this time, meal time. Very interesting. You cannot stop he reading. >First big impression: if this guy and his team had worked just one year more on >Deep Blue, Garry has been crushed to ashes, to atoms. Yes, because once and >again Deep Blue appears as an uncomplete device full of bugs and problems, >almost all the time performing with scarcely some room to test and smooth the >edges. Second great impression: contrary to common wisdom, Db has a lot to do >with knowledge and evaluation, not just searching power. Third impression: Gary >was and perhaps still is a wheening asshole. > >Be bye >Fernando
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