Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 17:45:24 06/11/99
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On June 11, 1999 at 10:33:46, James T. Walker wrote: >On June 10, 1999 at 22:54:59, blass uri wrote: > >> >>On June 10, 1999 at 19:20:27, James T. Walker wrote: >> >><snipped> >>>Hello Uri, >>>Most of the time I agree with you. Sometimes you are way out in left field. >>>This is one of the left field days in my opinion. The programs are calculating >>>perfectly logical lines according to what the programmers told them is logical. >>>I have watched Fritz calculate 12 plies full width and 36 plies selective in a >>>game/30 time frame. At this time control it plays better than 99.99% of all >>>humans. Until you can do this I suggest you accept the fact that Fritz >>>/Junior/Chessmaster/Hiarcs etc. are not as "Stupid" as you like to say they are. >> >>They are better than humans only because of the fact that they are faster and >>have a perfect memory. >> >>Uri > >OR: They are better than humans because humans are slow and have a poor memory. >The important point is "They are better" and not stupid. Or, if they are stupid >then what does that make humans? (Besides their creators) >Also, they will continue to get better but most of us humans have leveled off >and will only get worse with failing memories and poor concentration in our >later years. >Jim Walker I think what he meant is that there is _much_ room for improvement in the search... Because present searches search millions of positions to make up their mind and then lose to a GM that may look at 100 before he chooses a move...
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