Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 21:59:21 01/27/03
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On January 27, 2003 at 22:57:21, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On January 27, 2003 at 19:22:19, andrew tanner wrote: > >> There seems to be no basis for this belief other than DEEP BLUE and it's >>legacy, which is a legacy of "the sky is falling" type of despair. If computers >>continue to improve tactically, then GM's will learn from them and also improve >>tactically. Man has always improved in everything he does. Accelerated rates of >>improvement for chess computers with faster hardware or knowldege doesn't >>automatically translate into wins against strong GM's. Bring it on. >> >> -A.T. > > >1970: in 10 years computers will be world champion (note this also >happened in the 1950's and 60's). Others said "will not". "will too." >"I'll bet xxx they won't." And 10 years later the same argument still >rages. > >1980: In 10 years computers will be unbeatable. Will not. Will too. > >It will probably _always_ be "another ten years". Reminds me of the Tom Hanks >Movie "The Money Pit." "How long until my house is fixed?" "two more weeks". >Week after week... > >:) Well, eventually it will happen, it's only a "matter of time", Bob;-)
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