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Subject: Re: A Computer That Plays Chess!!... Some Early Reminisces

Author: stuart taylor

Date: 07:23:24 03/02/05

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I was fascinated no end (from around 1990). I used to day dream aboutit
non-stop!
Sounds funny to most "normal" people, perhaps.
I felt it was like a human being, and when I got into a good argument with it,
and it understood what I was trying to do, and reacted accordingly, I got the
greatest pleasure. But often it was just that I made mistakes, or that the
computer couldn't even care responding to my ideas. But when it did, that gave
me a very good feeling.
But I was longing for it to "understand" better, and not just to pick out my
mistakes.
I used to keep a dedicated computer for over 2 weeks at a time, just analysing
one position and waiting for it to see the right move. This was often stopped
only when there was a power black out for a second or more, then the computer
had no recollection of its 2-week long analysis.
S.Taylor



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