Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 12:20:37 08/16/99
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On August 16, 1999 at 11:33:09, blass uri wrote: > >On August 16, 1999 at 09:42:44, Ratko V Tomic wrote: > >> > In 10 years, it's clear that no human will be able to contend >> > with commercial programs running on off-the-shelf hardware. >> >>That's not clear at all. In checkers, where it is >>possible to search 20+ plies the search had reached >>the plateau of diminishing returns and the top human >>player (Tinsley, age 65) beat the top program (Chinook) >>in a regular match. > >I read that Chinook won a match of 70 games some years ago 2:1 and 67 draws. > >It is surprising to hear that the top human player is at age 65. >I think that something like this never happen in chess and the best player is >always younger than 65. > >Uri Tinsley was better when he was younger. But he was _so_ good then, that even old age didn't diminish his skill enough to matter. Did you see where the famous test pilot Chuck Yeager had his eyes tested (at 70+ years old) and his vision had been impaired enough that he now _only_ has 20/10 vision? IE at present he can see the same detail from 20 feet away that we can see from 10 feet away. And his vision has _degraded_ from his fighter pilot/test pilot days. Wonder what it was back then? And then you understand Tinsley. :)
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