Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 06:48:28 06/22/99
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On June 22, 1999 at 09:01:03, Micheal Cummings wrote:
>On June 22, 1999 at 04:11:13, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>On June 22, 1999 at 04:02:34, Micheal Cummings wrote:
>>
>>>I have read some other threads about this, and get the impression for some that
>>>when computers win it only seems to be luck and a blunder from a GM that makes a
>>>computer win.
>>>
>>>I think that suggestion is crap, but I think it would be a great opinion poll
>>>question.
>>It does not matter *why* the computer or GM wins. And when you get right down
>>to it, it is either favorable probabilty or a blunder that allows *anyone* to
>>win {computer/human/cyborg}. If perfect play happended on both sides, I am not
>>sure what would happen. It has never occured yet, so far as I know.
>>
>>An opinion poll on the topic is surely not going to settle this issue. Either
>>the GM made a strange mistake or not. If it happened once, did all of them
>>happen that way? And when the computer loses -- silly mistake or not? All in
>>the eye of the beholder.
>
>The fact remains that computers have beaten GM's Thus they must be GM level to
>do it. Its like saying if one GM beats another that maybe that GM is not of the
>level, cause he only wins when a better GM blunders, get real !!!
This is not a demonstration of computers being at GM level. I have beaten
players who are *much* better than I am. It is not a demonstration that I am as
good as they are. It is merely a demonstration of an isolated win.
>You are right we do not need an opinion poll question, they are GM level,
>otherwise they would not be able to beat a GM. Just because a GM blunders does
>not make him a GM anymore. Hoe many more win do computers have to do to make
>then GM level
Scientific proof is what is needed. Not an opinion poll. A win against a good
opponent does not prove equality.
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