Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 12:26:49 08/10/99
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On August 10, 1999 at 15:21:35, odell hall wrote: [snip] > No forgive me, but I am just a little tired of hearing people come up with all >kinds of excuses why the human did not win instead of simply giving the program >and it's programmer the praise they deserve. Obviously the programmer is >incredibly strong if the word champion could not put it away at 40/90. The fact >that he was even in a time scrabble adds credence to the strength of schredder. >All you hear is the the same lame excuses to much noise, not enough time ect, >yet karpov would beat any human international master easily under all these >conditions. Again this is never mentioned or considered. I think that the programs and programmers deserve all the praise in the world. But the objection that Dave had is: "The program would have done 'such and such' given more time." is clearly not decided, any more than: "The chess expert would have done 'such and such' given more time." In any case, the outcome is not clear in either direction. Any computer program that can play on any level with the best GM's in the world is both a work of science and a work of art.
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