Author: Mark Schreiber
Date: 16:00:37 01/13/00
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I think sponsors like Intel, Amd, Compaq or Apple would be interested. These companies would pay a substantial amount to say their PCs can do what IBM’s million dollar computer did at a small fraction of the cost. On January 12, 2000 at 23:39:00, Steve wrote: >On January 12, 2000 at 18:37:51, Mark Schreiber wrote: > >>A good idea, but Hsu would not agree for 2 reasons. For Hsu to get money to >>build the computer he would need to guarantee Kasparov would play. If Hsu’s >>computer lost the pre-Kasparov tournament, then Kasparov does not play and the >>sponsor gets no publicity. This is the main reason. > >I would add that even if Kasparov does play, the sponsor is not likely to get >much publicity. As far as the general public is concerned, Deep Blue's fluky >win against Kasparov has proven, once and for all, that computers can beat the >best humans at chess. Serious chessplayers know better, and will continue to be >interested in human vs. computer matches, but a sponsor probably needs more than >that limited audience to make the venture profitable.
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