Author: Roger D Davis
Date: 22:43:26 02/24/05
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On February 25, 2005 at 01:34:47, James T. Walker wrote: >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. > There would, however, be any number of excuses. Moreover, as you might remember, Kaspy was down like 6-0 in his first match against Karpov, and came back to win. But a 4-0 win which definitely raise confidence in Hydra, and set the stage for a big money rematch. Roger
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