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Subject: Re: What is Thought? Book Announcement

Author: Bob Durrett

Date: 11:47:25 02/02/04

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On February 02, 2004 at 14:32:46, Eric Baum wrote:

>On February 02, 2004 at 13:58:49, Bob Durrett wrote:
>
>>
>>Sounds like a dissertation!
>>
>>Hope author knows what he is talking about, or at least has some good ideas.
>>Someone would have to be a truly dedicated reader to want to read something that
>>big.  There are many theoreticians out there.  Has the author ever created a
>>chess-playing program?
>>
>>Bob D.
>
>It is a theory of mind. I already have a doctorate (physics, from Princeton).
>There are many cooks too, some whose cooking is preferable to others.
>*What is Thought?* is not specifically about chess programming,
>but chess programming is used as an important example. I would recommend it
>if you want to understand the mind, or the difference between human
>and computer game playing, or possibly as a pedagogical introduction
>to computer game programs (see chapter 8).
>
>I have published journal papers on game programming
>and supervised work on or contributed ideas to experimental programs
>for Chess, Othello and Go.I've also created programs, but never personally
>a whole one for chess.

Sounds good.  You need to become a chess programmer!!!!  You would bring many
new ideas to the table, I'm sure.

I am not a chess programmer but am a dedicated user of the chess software and
find a need to understand it.  I have made many suggestions and have been told
many times that my ideas to make chess-playing programs emulate human thought
are "bad."  Maybe you could change that perception.

Keep in mind that the total worldwide community of chess programmers are, in
effect, involved in a research project.  Possibly, their products will have
applications outside the realm of chess and perhaps not just for "games."

Bob D.



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