Author: jonathan Baxter
Date: 21:34:26 11/09/98
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On November 09, 1998 at 23:14:16, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On November 09, 1998 at 19:50:27, jonathan Baxter wrote: > >>On November 09, 1998 at 17:11:48, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>>I am not accusing anyone of lying, I was not aware that feng hu personally told >>>>bob hyatt about the match results. Still the question has yet to be answered why >>>>haven't the games been revealed? This is a very simple question, If such a match >>>>between deepblue and the micro's did in fact occur it is a tremendously >>>>important event and should be published! >>>> >>> >>> >>>Hsu told me about this privately. He and Murray both have discussed this at >>>a couple of presentations they have given since the DB match. however I doubt >>>they will say much here as it would only take a word by one of them to get the >>>personal attacks going like crazy, by those that "hate big iron." >>> >> >>I don't hate "big iron" and I am not interested in attacking these guys >>personally. But I do find it terribly disappointing and very surprising that >>DB---the most exciting thing ever in computer chess and possibly AI as >>well---only played one, inconclusive match against the human world champion and >>then quit forever. >> >>It would have cost IBM almost nothing to put DB on ICC and have it play top >>GM's, and the results would have been incredibly interesting for both human and >>computer chess. >> >>Given the extent to which DB built upon freely published research, and the >>amount of publicity IBM gained from the last Kasparov match, it seems to me that >>letting DB play in open competition is the least IBM could have done to repay >>their debt to the research community. >> >>Jon > > >You think way too small, as do most of us. When you look at the value of >another Deep Blue vs someone match in a year or two, then you begin to >understand why it is kept under wraps. Interest is high. A Karpov match >would draw another crowd, as would a match against maybe Anand... Ahhhh............ So, do you have some inside information that they are planning to resurrect DB in a year or 2? Maybe with 10x faster hardware? That would be way cool. Jon
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