Author: William Sorin
Date: 19:35:26 06/14/05
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On June 14, 2005 at 22:19:29, Mark Ryan wrote: >Has this been the wrong metaphor all along? > >Years ago, Kasparov predicted that the future of chess was in "Advanced Chess" >(people playing chess with computer assistance). Now the Freestyle Tournament >seems to be confirming this prediction. In the words of Chessbase, " ... we can >draw first tentative conclusions. One is that the most powerful chess playing >entity on the planet is a GM armed with a computer." >http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2453 > >We are the tool-manufacturing species. We create the tools, and we shape their >purpose. In Vancouver, the trains in the SkyTrain system have no drivers, but >there is a central control room where human beings monitor everything carefully >and react to unforeseen emergencies. The level of human involvement has been >reduced, but it is still there; in fact, it has been isolated to a higher level. > >No matter how strong the chess machines become, will they always be stronger >with a GM at the controls? > >Mark I wonder then if a 2600 Grandmaster using Fritz could beat any of the Top Ten human Grandmasters without computer assistance?
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