Author: Albert Silver
Date: 04:45:28 01/27/03
Go up one level in this thread
On January 26, 2003 at 20:49:52, Omid David Tabibi wrote:
>On January 26, 2003 at 20:44:36, Peter McKenzie wrote:
>
>>On January 26, 2003 at 20:02:05, Omid David Tabibi wrote:
>>
>><snip>
>>
>>>>>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.
>>
>>You make this conclusion from one game? That is rather funny.
>
>It is not exactly a conclusion; but rather a prediction of the conclusion :-)
>
>>
>>What of the previous Kramnik-Fritz and Deep Blue-Kasparov matches?
>
>Kramnik - Fritz is irrelevant, it was the "not the strongest" human vs "not the
>strongest" computer. Deep Blue - Kasparov is even more irrelevant, as Kasparov
>was so nervous he performed like an under 2600 player, and God knows what (who?)
>Deep Blue had behind the scenes.
It's easy to twist the facts to make them fit what you want to see. Allow me to
do the opposite:
Kramnik - Fritz proved that computers are at least as strong as the World
Champion since despite having months to prepare (well over a year with all the
delays in fact) it still managed to draw an 8 game match at tournament time
controls.
Deep Blue - Kasparov is even more relevant, since Deep Blue overcame a one game
deficit in a 6-game match despite suffering from enormous tweaking problems, and
a bug detected after the first game.
This match is clearly meant to salavge humanity's honor by setting the best
player in the world against the "not the strongest" (just a spoof BTW,
Amir/Shay) engine as the SSDF states on "not the strongest" hardware.
If this fails, a 32-game match against Sargon I on an Apple II emulator running
on the Palm is scheduled for 2004.
Albert
>
>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Omid.
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.