Author: Omid David Tabibi
Date: 20:40:21 07/21/03
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On July 21, 2003 at 23:14:52, Derek Paquette wrote: >Ok here is a hypothetical situation for you all. >I love debating chess, and so here is something to debate. > >There was talk a few years ago of a program actually being able to play for the >world championship. While this isn't happening, let us pretend for the sake of >this debate that it is true. > >How much money would it take to build a machine and the salary of programmers to >win a world championship match outright, >so a point where it is embarasing for the Grandmasters > >no draws, all wins, no loses >Is this possible right now? How much money would it cost >The saying is, "money can't buy everything" ... if you don't know where to shop :) Winning the world championship with all wins would cost: $0 building the machine $0 salary of the programmer A few tens of millions of $ to bribe all the opponents ;) However, on a serious account, I don't think that winning all games is possible no matter how much you invest on building the strongest machine. At least not under fair play conditions! But of course, you can always build a machine to "beat" humans: http://www.chesswarrior.com/toons/sk005.jpg >only most things, is this possible? > >In my own opinion yes. >No investment by any one or two people could possibly afford this, >However if a corporation were to invest millions, they could topple the best in >the world, thoroughly, > >my own opinion of course
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