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Subject: Re: Fritz5 Silences All Critics-Dr. Hyatt included!!

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 16:07:27 04/30/99

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On April 30, 1999 at 18:48:30, Mark Young wrote:

>On April 30, 1999 at 18:27:39, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>A computer will be a GM when they pass exactly the same stringent tests as a
>>human GM.  That means performance ratings at a contest and establishing all the
>>GM norms, etc.  One victory over a player does not mathematically demonstrate
>>anything except the outcome of a single experiment.
>>
>>However, all that having been said, I suspect that computers are a lot stronger
>>than I formally thought they were.  It is not inconceivable that some programs
>>on the right hardware are at GM strength.
>>
>>To extrapolate that caliber from a single match is not repsonsible.
>
>So when are you sending off your protest letter to FIDE for treating GM programs
>as second class chess players. You want the chess programs to pass exactly the
>same stringent tests, yet you know this will never happen. I don't see many
>invites for computer programs by fide to play in all the tournaments so they can
>pass exactly the same stringent tests.
Any mathematically equivalent basis would be equally acceptable.  Note: "A GM
lost a match to a computer." is not a mathematically equivalent basis.
;-)




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