Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 10:22:48 11/03/02
Generally, the notion of a generalized learning machine being taught how to play master level chess is doomed if the teachers must be human. Who would take the time to do that? But a "Teacher Robot" [just a chess engine and some extra software] could do the job. It would have infinite patience and all the time in the world. Better yet would be if the "student" were already optimized for chess. In other words, not so "generalized." It could be designed to learn chess more quickly, or better, than a truly generalized learning machine would be. As the chess-playing strength of the student approached that of the teacher, tricks could be used to make sure the teacher was always better than the student. For example, the teacher might be given more time. To carry this notion to it's ultimate end, the "teachers" could be given the ability to modify the programming of the student as the need arose. This would be done if the student failed to respond to training well enough. [Can you see that being done in the University classrooms?] The need for human chess programmers might disappear entirely. Bob D.
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