Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 11:58:03 01/27/03
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On January 27, 2003 at 02:14:18, Sune Fischer wrote: >On January 26, 2003 at 21:56:47, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On January 26, 2003 at 12:05:31, Sune Fischer wrote: >> >>>On January 26, 2003 at 10:39:11, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>On January 26, 2003 at 05:30:01, Roger D Davis wrote: >>>> >>>>>>Unless I have misunderstood the contract, this is a modified version of chess to >>>>>>that defined by the standard rules, which nowhere states that because one side >>>>>>knows that the game is drawn with perfect play then it shall be declared a draw >>>>>>- even if the other side does not know or cannot demonstrate it. >>>>> >>>>>Presumably then, Kasparov could show up with his own set of tablebases, and >>>>>consult them during the match? Maybe he has a particular ending he's weak in. Or >>>>>do only Junior's tablebases count? >>>> >>>> >>>>Kasparov can show up with anything he wants, "in his head". The computer is >>>>doing exactly the same. >>> >>>The computer doesn't have a head, so how can it be exactly the same? >>> >>>-S. >> >> >>Mine does. It has short-term memory, long-term memory, processing power, etc, >>all in _one_ "container". Just like _I_ do... > >So you _do_ think it's the same? > >-S. No. I just think that when I play a game, I play with what is in my "container". The computer does the same. There is absolutely no way to make them "the same". One is formulated from silicon/copper/etc, the other from carbon materials. The concept of "the same" is fundamentally flawed....
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