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Subject: Re: Next comp vs humans, comp should not use book

Author: Ingo Bauer

Date: 10:51:55 10/13/04

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>Do we afraid of something?

I think exaclty that is the problem. Humans can accept that a machine is
physicly stronger, faster, more persistant than themselfs because in their whole
life they had the experience that someone was stronger, faster or more
persistant.

To accept that a machine is better in an intelectual task is much harder to
commit. Of course there is usualy someone smarter than oneself but this is
excused usually with something like: But I can run faster or luck or whatever.

Have you ever seen someone admiting: "This one guy is intelectualy better than I
am"? Ok, there are such people but then you have the "human" habbit of accepting
the  man as "generous" or "wise" within the socitey which is giving positiv
feedback to the "looser".
The problem is that computer are not giving this credit to their opponents. (Or
have you ever heard after a win of a computer the computer saying: Really great
play and I was just lucky today! Lets have a beer!)

Why arent there some races between humans and horses with bound legs? Noone is
really interested in such a thing.
I still insist in what was valid for the last 50 years. A computer should give
all it can!

Bye
Ingo




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