Author: James T. Walker
Date: 22:34:47 02/24/05
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On February 24, 2005 at 17:42:33, Roger D Davis wrote: >On February 24, 2005 at 13:56:22, James T. Walker wrote: > >>This statement at the tournament site is interesting. Is it really stronger >>than even the strongest humans? What about postal chess? >>Just asking. > >Just think how many games Kasparov or Anand would have to play versus Hydra in >order for the result to be statistically significant...it would have to be some >absurd number. And you couldn't make a definitive statement without a >statistically significant difference. Yet, as far as I know, neither Kasparov or >Anand has played Hydra. Well I don't know how many games it would take to be statistically siginificant but if a program could beat either Kasparov/Anand by say 4-0 or maybe 5-1 I personally would be convinced. > >The author is probably basing his statement on the fact that Kasparov and >Kramnik both drew Fritz, Shredder is generally accepted as being stronger than >Fritz, and Hydra is stronger than Shredder. Therefore, Hydra must be stronger >than Kasparov. Well, maybe and maybe not. > >Roger
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