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Subject: Re: Hsu and Kasparov should join forces and produce "Deep Kasparov"

Author: stuart taylor

Date: 20:37:24 01/11/00

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On January 11, 2000 at 22:47:20, Christophe Theron wrote:

>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


It's only a question of where there's a will there's a way. Let them get
to work!
S.T.



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