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Subject: Re: Does a chess computer really learn?

Author: José Carlos

Date: 06:30:03 05/06/03

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On May 06, 2003 at 08:32:35, emerson tan wrote:

>Does a chess computer really learn from its mistake and grasp the idea of its
>mistake to avoid it the next time or it just make a statistics of which opening
>variation it loses and avoid them the next time?

  It depends on how you define "learn".
  If you mean if a program modifies itself: no, that doesn't happen.
  If you mean a program modifies some eval weights, there're programs capable to
do it, but with little success so far.
  We can create eval terms, programs can't.
  What most programs call learning is just collecting information and modifying
some probabilities. Some programs also add moves to the book based on their
search and results.

  José C.



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