Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 19:47:20 01/11/00
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On January 11, 2000 at 17:50:15, Roger wrote:
>Instead of Hsu and Kasparov sparring against each other, perhaps they should
>join forces. I think they could both make TONS of money.
>
>Hsu needs cash to build a dumbed down Deep Blue that could be brought to the
>public. Kasparov has plenty of cash to finance the effort. This Deep Blue
>wouldn't be just any Deep Blue, it would a Deep Blue tuned with the aid of
>Kasparov's considerable chess knowledge.
>
>Outsearching everything that has ever existed, including Kasparov himself, and
>playing with the consistency of a computer, the play of such a machine could be
>made indistinguishable from that of the world champion, with any errors of play
>removed. Such a machine would basically immortalize the world champion. It would
>not actually *BE* Kasparov, but more like "Kasparov squared."
>
>If Kasparov lost to the machine, that would nothing to be ashamed of. Instead,
>it would be expected that Kasparov would lose to Deep Kasparov, just like
>Fischer would look to Fischer Squared, and so on. Applying the champion's
>knowledge deeper and more consistently in the chess tree than anything before
>it, there would even be little doubt that it could defeat Deep Blue, since it
>would be tuned with the world champion's chess knowlege.
>
>Effectively, Kasparov would be immortalized in silicon, just like David was
>immortalized in marble by Michelangelo. Unlike any static work of art, however,
>Kasparov's chess would be alive FOREVER, a hundred years from now, and on into
>eternity. His chess would be IMMORTAL.
>
>The machines might even be calibrated to play at the strength of Kasparov
>himself. No more arguments about whether some future champion could have
>defeated Kasparov the way we argue whether Kasparov could have defeated Fischer.
>Just fire up one of the Deep Kasparov machines and play.
>
>I can't imagine anything that a chess player would want more.
>
>Roger
I like your post. At first I thought it was a troll (with the words "Kasparov",
"Hsu" and "Deep Kasparov" in the subject line).
But your idea is interesting. I don't care if it is feasable or not, it's just
fascinating. Issac Asimov would have written an excellent novel from it and I
would have been delighted to read it.
Christophe
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