Author: Omid David Tabibi
Date: 17:01:53 01/04/03
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On January 04, 2003 at 19:56:03, Sune Fischer wrote: >On January 04, 2003 at 19:30:48, Omid David Tabibi wrote: > >>On January 04, 2003 at 19:25:28, Sune Fischer wrote: >> >>>On January 04, 2003 at 19:21:31, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >>> >>>>For each new idea, there are many potential improvements. If Ed has contributed >>>>10 new ideas, now there are tens of potential improvements... >>> >>>Refinements, not new ideas. >> >>Looking from that perspective, have there been any new ideas ever?! For example, >>MTD(f) is a refinement of NegaScout which is a refinement of PVS which is a >>refinement of AlphaBeta which is a refinement of MinMax which is a refinement >>of.... >> >>All refinements, no new ideas! > >Yes, but the new ideas get smaller and smaller, convergence is inevitable. >Convergence kills the sport, so let's slow it down a bit :) > Indeed they become more complicated and more technical. A decade ago an average AI academic could often understand computer chess algorithms, while nowadays if he reads a recent computer chess publication, he would most probably think he is reading Chinese! >-S.
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