Author: Mathieu Pagé
Date: 14:53:05 08/08/03
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On August 08, 2003 at 15:12:05, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >On August 08, 2003 at 12:51:34, Mathieu Pagé wrote: > >>On August 08, 2003 at 11:52:37, ERIQ wrote: >> >>>How about making the comps play on 486's w/32 mb ram and no endgame tablebases. >>>I then think the GM's wouldn't fear them so. But for that the comps, should be >>>granted fide ratings and titles :) >>> >>>btw: under such conditions I still think chess genius 3 or chesstiger would >>>make IM! >> >>Why should we try to handicap computers ? >> >>If they become so stronger that we can no longer beat them, we just have to stop >>competing against them. >> >>Do we have handicaped car in human's foot races ? >> >>IMHO the only choice we have is to accept the fact that our machines are better >>than us. > > I do not agree. Machines are only better as long as strong humans try > to win. I am quite sure that the computers would hardly ever win a game > if humans are playing boring games with only the draw in mind. > Kurt Yes, I know they are not still so strong that they can _always_ beat humans, but handicapating them to enter them in human competition does not make sens in my opinion. And I'm sure they will eventually crush any human, even if this one only want to draw. Maybe in 3 years, maybe in 5 or 50, but it will happen. We are at the end of our reign :) Mathieu Pagé
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