Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 05:44:03 06/15/05
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On June 14, 2005 at 22:35:26, William Sorin wrote: >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? FM Diepeveen + Diep at laptop is enough for that already. You just need to know when the computer is making a strategic beginners move and overrule it, or when it picks the wrong side of the board to start tactics. Vincent
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