Author: Sylvain Lacombe
Date: 01:49:16 03/27/99
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On March 26, 1999 at 21:10:14, odell hall wrote: >Hi CCC > > > This may an incredibly naive question, I'm going to ask any way, my curiosity >has gotten the best of me. I think one of the weakness of computers is that >they tend to play the board instead of the Person. Many games I have managed to >draw strong computers because they had taken no risk, whereas a human of equal >strength knowing that they were not playing a strong master might make slightly >inferior moves, with the knowledge that the weaker player will make inaccurcies. > My question is, is it possible to create a program which would prompt a person >at the beginning of the game to enter an appromiate rating? Once that rating is >entered the computer would then play in a style that is still very solid, but >will also play with some degree of risk? Or is this just a crazy fantasy? Would >not the computer be mimicking the play of humans, who adjust their play >according to the opponent? Hi Odell, When we say that the computer plays the board instead of the person, we mean that for the computer, each time time it start to think about a position, for him it is a new game. It would play the same move if you would restart the engine and start from that position. The computer doesn't remember the move you made previously. That's why i think strong players doesn't what to play computers. Computers doesn't make any plans so it's kind of boring for them, they need to counter a plan not moves. If somebody would be able to make computers build plans all that would change. It would be more fun for them, cause they would try to find out what plan the computer has built to counter their own and vice-verca. Sylvain.
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