Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 18:10:52 01/27/03
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On January 27, 2003 at 15:30:16, Rolf Tueschen wrote: >On January 27, 2003 at 14:58:03, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>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.... > >For what did we develop the concepts of fairness and justice in the last 5000 >years? > >Rolf Tueschen It certainly wasn't developed to equalize man and machine, in any shape, form or fashion. As I (and many others) have stated over and over and over...
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