Author: Uri Blass
Date: 15:48:17 08/08/03
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On August 08, 2003 at 17:53:05, Mathieu Pagé wrote: >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. I am not sure about it. I believe that chess is too simple to let it happen and the best human player is going to have practical chances for a draw even against perfect play. Uri
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