Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 19:38:32 11/06/03
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On November 06, 2003 at 19:29:36, Jim Bond wrote: >On November 05, 2003 at 18:33:14, Amir Ban wrote: > >>On November 05, 2003 at 17:24:27, stuart taylor wrote: >> >>>Why can't the real interests and passions of the chess (computer) world be given >>>more consideration, in having Kasparov play something which has already been top >>>for some time, and is clearly reported to be stronger at next release, such as >>>Shredder? >>> >>>Kasparov already played fritz recently (or was it Kramnik? same thing really) >>>and both Fritz and Junior achieved the disgusting result (for their rivals) of a >>>draw each in matches against the two top humans. >>> >>>Why do we need more of that now? >>> >>>All we want to see now is that Kasparov is ripped to shreds from software, and >>>that will make us completely sure that computers are better from then on, and >>>then we won't need any more such matches. So in order to achieve this, wouldn't >>>it be better to have the best possible program against him? >>> >>>Do we have to waste another few years to see what we want to see? Isn't it >>>public inconvenience? >>> >>>If now he either draws again, or wins by half a point, wouldn't it be more >>>meaningful (showing that Kasparov is not beatable by a machine quite yet) if the >>>program he plays against is as much as possible stronger (and different) from >>>the last programs which Kasparov and Kamnik drew with? >>> >>>S.Taylor >> >>Stuart, why is this match necessary ? >> >>Let's see: >> >>Shredder is proven to be the strongest program. >> >>THEREFORE >> >>It is known that Shredder will kill Kasparov. >> >>THEREFORE >> >>No Shredder match is necessary. >> >>So what's wrong with letting us weaker guys play ? >> >>Amir > > >Because it proves that there is a bias toward Shredder. There is a marketing >strategy for weaker computer chess programs. It shows that the stronger do not >get a chance to show for itself due monetary reasons. Your commercial program >is not that strong after all. >Jim Bullshit!
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