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Subject: Re: Sensational computer victory at GM tournament ??

Author: Jonas Bylund

Date: 03:41:38 08/19/03

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On August 19, 2003 at 06:21:08, Uri Blass wrote:

>On August 19, 2003 at 05:47:38, Jonas Bylund wrote:
>
>>On August 19, 2003 at 04:14:17, Jouni Uski wrote:
>>
>>>IMHO: Above mentioned headline in Chessbase site is big exaggeration. It wasn't
>>>sensational - just about predicted result. I hope next time more realistic
>>>headline like "Brutus played just as predicted".
>>>
>>>Jouni
>>
>>Actually "Brutus played just as predicted" is an exaggeration too, a lot of
>>people said that it would fail miserably etc, you know the usual rant about
>>computers not being stronger than 2200.
>
>No
>
>Most of the humans are simply against playing computers because they believe
>they are too strong.

I think you misunderstood my point which was that i thougt Jouni exaggerated too
by saying "Brutus played just as predicted". Since this was (to my knowledge)
the first time it participated in a human event.

>computers are not allowed to play for Fide rating.
>
>What is the reason for it?
>Humans do not believe that they are weak.
>
>I do not know about a single person who said that Brutus is going to fail
>miserably.

Uri just because you did not chat with or know of anyone with that view does not
mean that they are not there :)

>I wonder if there are people who said it after knowing previous results of
>computers in tournaments.

Try logging on to ICC whenever a computer is playing, personally i still get
surprised at how many people actually think the comp well "fail miserably".

>How many times do you need to see computers perfrom above 2700 to predict that
>it is going to happen again.

See above.

Jonas



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