Author: Steven Edwards
Date: 09:43:17 05/12/05
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On May 12, 2005 at 12:19:21, Matthew Hull wrote: >On May 12, 2005 at 12:16:28, Steven Edwards wrote: >>On May 12, 2005 at 10:50:41, Wayne Lowrance wrote: >>>huh ? we talking chess here ? >> >>We're talking chess with real AI. >> >>But once it works, it won't be real AI anymore. > >It will just be "I"? Blaise Pascal invented the first mechanical arithmetic calculator back in the 18th century, reportedly to assist with calculating probabilities for various gambling games. Until that point it was commonly believed that tasks of addition, subtraction, and the like could only be done by humans and were proof positive of intelligence. I'm sure that there was at the time much fascination with Pascal's calculator as there has been more recently with traditional A/B chessplaying programs. As with Pascal's human powered number cruncher, once it works, it's not real AI anymore.
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