Author: margolies,marc
Date: 15:04:20 02/12/04
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as an algorythm worshiper, I am greivously offended by the timbre of your remarks. Steeped in a tradition which dates back to Platonic solids, we are a proud lot with a sort fuse. On February 12, 2004 at 13:49:38, Bob Durrett wrote: > >The short answer: "From some smart people." > >It seems to me that chess algorithms are like scientific theories. They come >and they go. First was the theory that the Earth was flat and then round. >Algorithms are like that too. Chess algorithms must be no exception. > >There is something higher than an algorithm. Worship of a given algorithm seems >terribly dumb to me. Better would be to "worship" the creators of the >algorithms, but than seems dumb too. > >There has to be something at a higher level. Maybe that "something" is >unconstrained creative human thought by someone capable of seeing "the big >picture." > >Surely all chess programmers wish to be that something at a higher level. It is >only human. Of course, there will always be those mindless "algorithm >worshippers." : ) > >It has been said that "If you cannot create good computer code, you should not >post bulletins at the Computer Chess Club bulletin board." Obviously that's >wrong. > >It may be time to start looking for new algorithms. After all, alpha and beta >are only the first two letters in the Greek alphabet. What about the rest? > >It's time for a new generation of chess software which can both play at a higher >level [planning, etc.] and do new things. > >Just my two cents worth. > >Bob D.
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