Author: Keith Evans
Date: 13:47:33 08/04/03
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On August 04, 2003 at 15:49:55, Alastair Scott wrote: >On August 04, 2003 at 14:55:07, Keith Evans wrote: > >>Every now and then somebody asks something about neural networks and >KnightCap, >>and I've never seen this program mentioned in a response, so I'm pretty >>skeptical. > >Dunno, but the MPEG (6 minutes 13 seconds) is good for a laugh if you have >broadband - the cheesiness of the acting is just about beyond belief. Much of it >appears to be people soliloquising to their kneecaps: never mind the lack of eye >contact, something described as "literally intelligent" is a bit suspicious ;) > >(And the video obeys Merlino's Law - around 13 seconds it displays a chessboard >both the wrong way round and with a pawn on a1. Later on you see such delights >as four people sitting in front of chessboards, all the wrong way round and with >no pieces on them!) > >Alastair Now I had to watch that video, and yes it's pretty bad. I think that the lack of eye contact is because they're supposed to be staring at a chessboard. The part where the kid pulls his ears is definitely much worse than any Microsoft Office assistant. -K
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