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Subject: Re: So what happened? Hiarcs 9 came out?

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 14:46:27 09/12/03

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On September 09, 2003 at 17:49:07, Terry McCracken wrote:

>On September 09, 2003 at 17:27:25, stuart taylor wrote:
>
>>On September 09, 2003 at 10:54:23, Terry McCracken wrote:
>>
>>>On September 09, 2003 at 06:47:02, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>>>
>>>>On September 09, 2003 at 06:36:07, stuart taylor wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I mean, has it happened already? And if so what are first impressions? Can beta
>>>>>testers now reveal anything they couldn't before?
>>>>>S.Taylor
>>>>
>>>>     I have so far not read anything about anybody who has
>>>>     already received Hiarcs9.
>>>>     Kurt
>>>
>>>
>>>Hiarcs 9 has started shipping today.
>>>
>>>Terry
>>
>>It will be interesting to see if an extremely attacking, or "human-like" program
>>will ever again make it to the top of the ssdf. I can hardly wait to hear how
>>Hiarcs 9 does.
>>S.Taylor
>
>I think the faster the hardware becomes, the more the "intelligent" software
>will excel, and eventually surpass the "fast" software.
>
>At some point the plies a machine can do "will hit a wall" and when this finally
>comes to pass, the "intelligent" software  should be as deep a searcher, and the
>knowledge should give it the edge.  Of course the node count will still be lower
>I believe and I'm not sure how this will effect the outcome with certainty.
>
>Expert opinions?
>
>Terry


Sorry, but I cannot claim to have a expert opinion.  However, I do have an
opinion: for 20 years I have thought the same thing, yet the point at which
extra plies matter less and intelligence matters more always seems to be just
over the horizon.



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