Author: Uri Blass
Date: 03:55:55 08/19/03
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On August 19, 2003 at 06:41:38, Jonas Bylund wrote: >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". I think that there is a minority who make noise when the majority have a different opinion. Uri
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