Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 21:08:51 07/21/03
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On July 22, 2003 at 00:01:07, Matthew Hull wrote: >On July 21, 2003 at 23:29:11, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>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 >> >>Way, way more than the reward in monetary terms. >> >>>The saying is, "money can't buy everything" >>>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 >> >>Possible? Maybe. Hsu/Campbell could shrink and improve the chips by a couple >>orders of magnitude. They could use 1 million of them instead of 480. They >>could use a cluster of top of the line RS/6000 machines and improve/debug the >>programs and hardware. >> >>Probably a cost of 100 million dollars. >> >>There is absolutely no way that's going to happen. >> >>Of course, 20 years from now your desktop PC will be able to do the same thing. >>So why not just wait a bit. > > >Don't need to spend all that money! Not even one cent more. > >I'd bet any of the top programs could win a championship on current hardware, >simply because of the human fatigue factor. The programs we have now would >wear-down any of the top players in a 12 game match, no problem. Without a single draw for the best player in the world? I don't think you read the OP's question.
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