Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 11:52:05 09/28/99
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On September 28, 1999 at 14:40:10, Dann Corbit wrote: >On September 28, 1999 at 14:23:35, Matt Agajanian wrote: > >>Hello, >> >>Gotz a kwestyun fer ya. >> >>Just what is a chess computer? >Something that costs too much and does not work nearly as well as a chess >program on a general purpose computer. On the other hand, if you like a real >board and are sick of getting your stuffings knocked out by top level PC >programs on fast hardware, they might be just the ticket. > >>Is it just a machine that has a dabase of >>moves/countermoves (i.e. opening books) and you're just playing a 'match-em-up' >>game or is there some actual 'artificial intelligence' built into these items? >>What about machines such as Fidelity "Chess Challenger 7", Saitek "Kaspasrov >>GK2000", Novag "Emerald", Excalibur "Kasparov 2294"? How do they get their >>"intelligence"? >They don't use artificial intelligence, no matter what they might claim. In a >limited sense, I suppose you could say Alpha-Beta pruning is AI. But certainly >not the sort of thing we normally associate with that concept. All these >machines are is a computer that is dedicated to a single task -- playing chess. >Typically they have a standard CPU like a Motorola 68000 series or something of >that nature that could be plunked into an ordinary workstation. > >>By the way, does anyone remember the old "CompuChess" chess machines? >> >>Thanks for your insights. >> >>Matt A. Of course it doesn't use AI, because it works. :-) No, chess computers (and programs) are based upon rather well understood, some might even say primitive AI, but I think it's still AI. Dave
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