Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 09:38:50 02/04/03
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On February 04, 2003 at 12:28:21, Jorge Pichard wrote: > http://www.kurzweilai.net/meme/frame.html?main=memelist.html?m=4%23527 > > > >Computers are currently only faster in very specific repetitive actions, like >number crunching. It just so happens that chess moves can be reduced down to >that sort of situation. > >In general, grandmasters actually only seriously examine a few moves in great >depth, as their brains allow them to recognize inferior moves very easily via >pattern recognition and experience. A computer on the other hand, does a >brute-force analysis of trees of thousands or millions of moves, giving a score >to each and then determining which is the best. > >Comparing the processing power of a human brain to a chess program in this >situation is just ludicrous, though. Whereas the chess program is just analyzing >moves, the human is also processing vast amounts of sensual information (sounds >nearby, where the pieces on the board are visually, etc.) as well as a myriad of >other functions (maintaining the balance of the body, breathing, processing >food, etc). I'll be much more impressed when a robot can sit down, process the >board visually, move the pieces itself, and so on, without humans having to feed >moves into it via keyboard or sensors on the chess board, but even that will be >a huge leap from what the human brain is doing all the time. Our brains are >excellent at things that computers are terrible at and computers are excellent >at things our brains are terrible at. Someday, I'm sure, computers will become >as good at those things as we are, and along the way, we'll have developed an >enormous understanding of how our brains actually work, but right now, this is a >drop of water in an ocean. > >As several grandmasters have already lost several games to various computer >programs, the first prediction of Kurzweil seems definite. But to think that >people will lose interest just because computers can beat the grandmasters makes >no sense at all. Most people are already more than matched in skill by chess >software running on a decent cpu, but we're still playing, and we'll keep doing >it. - by Belandrew
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