Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 00:28:29 05/01/99
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On April 30, 1999 at 19:18:00, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote: >On April 30, 1999 at 19:07:27, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>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. >>;-) > >Hi Dann, > I do not see what math has to do with these problems of finding out if the >current top programs are GM strength. What do you mean by "mathematically >equivalent" in this context? >José. I think he's saying that if a software program plays 25 GM and IM players of varying rating, and performs at a 2600 performance level, he'll grant that it is GM strength. A 25-game match against one opponent isn't good, though: there's not enough variety in the opposition. 25 games at G/90 aren't good, because the time control is not proper for FIDE play. Et cetera. Dave
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