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Subject: Re: How will engines get much better?

Author: James Swafford

Date: 16:40:19 06/10/99

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On June 10, 1999 at 18:05:24, Charles L. Williams wrote:

>On June 10, 1999 at 15:24:02, Michael Fuhrmann wrote:
>
>>Can today's best chess engines become significantly more powerful through
>>software improvements alone, or have we reached the point where hardware
>>improvements are necessary to make that next BIG step?
>
>
>We've only been at this for about fifty years.  Name any other science where
>progress maxed out after fifty years.  The programs will improve to the point
>where they will be unbeatable by humans, and it won't take very long.
>
>
>Chuck

So they've been saying for fifty years.



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