Author: Tom Kerrigan
Date: 01:13:55 12/16/99
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On December 16, 1999 at 02:21:46, Michael Neish wrote: >I'm as interested in computer Chess as the next person, >I suppose, and it would do my motivation no harm at all >to know whether there are any practical applications to >the techniques used for Chess programming. So, are >these techniques so specialised that they are useful >only within the game of Chess and not to any real >applications (or even to other games)? Does computer >Chess come under the category of AI anyway? Has AI >research gained anything from Chess, or vice-versa? I think the "mindset" of a chess programmer can be useful to solve other problems. For example, counting doubled pawns is obviously only useful in chess, but a chess programmer can approach a new problem and think, "is there anything I can do that's similar to counting doubled pawns?" IMHO, a computer playing chess is obviously artifically intelligent. I think everybody will agree that it takes intelligence to play chess, and computers quite clearly play chess. Now, I'm not saying they're creative or clever or human-like, but I think they're clearly displaying some intelligence. -Tom
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