Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 14:54:09 11/04/02
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On November 04, 2002 at 15:20:14, Bob Durrett wrote: > >Making any computer program be "self-aware" would require some extra software, >and the CPU time devoted to running this extra software would take away from the >total CPU time available to the chess engine. It would require more than "some extra software". It would require "divine intervention" It isn't possible today, nor will it be possible for a long time into the future. Never? I wouldn't go that far. But "never in my lifetime" sounds reasonable. > >But, for the sake of discussion, suppose that the time required would be >negligible. In that case, is there any way that the self-awareness could >improve the performance of the engine? > >How about learning? Would that not be facilitated by some sort of >"self-awareness? > >Is this, in anybody's opinion, a promising area of research for future >developments in chess engine technology? > >Bob D.
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