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Subject: Re: In 10 years man will not be able to defeat computers. WHAT??!

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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