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Subject: Re: Lies.. Damn Lies & Statistics!

Author: Russell Reagan

Date: 21:59:50 01/12/05

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On January 12, 2005 at 21:43:18, chandler yergin wrote:

>SOME Positions they haven't a CLUE.. a Human can see in a secnd.. what takes
>them weeks.. months, or a Life time, and will NEVER Figure out!

So what? Even if you produced evidence of positions which computers "haven't a
clue", it only demonstrates that computers are currently imperfect. It says
nothing about the future and whether computers will improve to perfection. It
also says nothing about the computer's playing ability relative to humans,
because there are plenty of positions which even the best human chess players in
the world make mistakes.

Currently, there are no humans which play perfectly in every position, and there
are no computers which play perfectly in every position. Will we ever reach a
point where humans play perfectly? No. As long as humans play chess, humans will
make mistakes in some positions. Computers will continue to improve in both
hardware and software, so there is at least a chance that computers can play
perfectly some day.

Now, do you have any evidence to support your stance that computers will never
play perfectly? I doubt you do.



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