Author: Alvaro Polo
Date: 05:51:14 01/28/00
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On January 27, 2000 at 13:51:01, Christophe Theron wrote: >On January 26, 2000 at 18:28:22, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>On January 26, 2000 at 18:23:50, Bruce Moreland wrote: >> >>>On January 26, 2000 at 18:10:10, Dann Corbit wrote: >>> >>>>IOW, more horsepower is a tough way to make chess programs play better. There >>>>is also evidence (according to some) that the increase in speed has >>>>*diminishing* returns. Hence, it may take a terahertz to get there. Don't know >>>>of any material that could do that, not even a Josephson Junction. >>> >>>I think it's a great way. You just take a vacation, preferably a long one, and >>>when you come back you make one call to Gateway and poof, free Elo points. >>> >>>Got an article that shows that the Elo curve flattens out with increased depth? >> >>Darn. I knew someone would ask that! I just read it somewhere, but I will have >>to go and look for it now. >>:-( > > >Just my 2 cents: this "dimishing returns" theory is an urban legend. > >You are almost certain to have seen this demonstrated, you'll find people that >will tell you they have seen this demonstrated, but you'll eventually find no >proof of this. > >But everybody wants to believe it because it fits so well our common sense. When >everybody in a group believes in something, it eventually because "real" for >this group. > >Computer chess is CROWDED with legends like this one. > >The programmers that do better than their peers are those who do not believe >these legends. > > > Christophe I have a question for you. Do you believe that the "diminishing return for each extra ply" theory is false for comp-comp only, or also for comp-human? Alvaro
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