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Subject: Re: Kasparov Beats Junior in game 1!

Author: enrico carrisco

Date: 02:57:12 01/27/03

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On January 26, 2003 at 23:30:09, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On January 26, 2003 at 21:56:18, Omid David Tabibi wrote:
>
>>On January 26, 2003 at 21:44:20, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>>On January 26, 2003 at 20:02:05, Omid David Tabibi wrote:
>>>
>>>>On January 26, 2003 at 19:59:43, Peter McKenzie wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On January 26, 2003 at 19:31:48, Omid David Tabibi wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On January 26, 2003 at 19:28:39, Luis Smith wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Full game
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 dxc4 8.Bxc4 b6 9.e4
>>>>>>>e5 10.g5 Nh5 11.Be3 0-0 12.0-0-0 Qc7 13.d5 b5 14.dxc6 bxc4 15.Nb5 Qxc6 16.Nxd6
>>>>>>>Bb7 17.Qc3 Rae8 18.Nxe8 Rxe8 19.Rhe1 Qb5 20.Nd2 Rc8 21.Kb1 Nf8 22.Ka1 Ng6 23.Rc1
>>>>>>>Ba6 24.b3 cxb3 25.Qxb3 Ra8 26.Qxb5 Bxb5 27.Rc7 Line
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Yes, let me again repeat the repeated: "humans are still *far* stronger than
>>>>>>computers".
>>>>>
>>>>>You can say it as many times as you want but that doesn't make it true.
>>>>
>>>>Kasparov's performance does.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>The statement, on its face, is false.  Had it said "Kasparov is still *far*
>>>stronger..." it might be true.  but it said "humans", and as a collective
>>>class, that is simply false, and provably so...
>>
>>When we compare humans and computers, we are interested in the best from each
>>camp. Nobody is interested in the result of a match between Omid and Genesis for
>>example ;-)
>>
>
>No.. but the logical human "class" to consider is "grandmasters" and for
>that class, the computers don't have a long way to go to compete equally
>any longer...
>
>Deep Junior is running on purely ordinary hardware.  My dual xeon is about as
>fast, based on NPS numbers.  I can name a _bunch_ of GM players that would
>dispute the "humans are still far better" stuff.  A few players might be able
>to "make it look easy".  But the average run-of-the-mill GM will have to do a
>_lot_ of work to beat a computer, not that he can't do it...  But the average
>GM is not enough better to not have to worry and sweat.

NPS vs. different programs is no comparison (as you know...)  Deep Junior's
1.6GHz x 8 is roughly 9.44 GHz after factoring in the SMP efficiency loss.  This
is far greater than your 2.8 GHz x 2 box (including hyperthreading.)

The rest....  I agree with.. :)

-elc.



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