Author: Keith Ian Price
Date: 11:22:12 11/13/02
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On November 13, 2002 at 12:11:08, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On November 13, 2002 at 12:06:18, David Hanley wrote: > >>Deep blue played a lot of games. It blew over all the computers ( except >>fritz, one time ) in the ACM contests. It played a lot of GM games and >>matches. > >5 years ago. That means *nothing* today. What was the best computer >(DB not included) 5 years ago? What was common hardware in that time? > >If you play the current best program on current hardware against that >combination, it's also going to blow it over. > >>I don't think this put-down of DB is intended as an honest argument. > >Amir has stated this repeatedly, even here, in the past. > >-- >GCP "During the debate the supporters of Deep Blue's exceptional strength were asked to name such a move, but failed to show anything convincing. This was the situation even in 1997, when PCs and engines were weaker." Sounds like the argument was about DB not being better than the CCs of 5 years ago, as well. kp
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