Author: KarinsDad
Date: 20:18:50 02/11/00
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On February 11, 2000 at 04:25:56, Alvaro Polo wrote: [snip] > >A motorcycle uses a pilot. A computer uses an operator. There is a big >difference. I believe that motorcycles companies say that they are world >champion, as a publicity trick, although it is not correct. > >Alvaro > Ok, I will use a different example. There is a competition held each year to see if a computer controlled "paddle" can play ping pong. Currently, I could beat any of those machines. But in 10 years, who knows? Maybe those machines will beat anyone on the planet. Should those machines then be considered the ping pong champions of the world? The question may be a little more obscure than chess since it is a machine performing physical actions. One day, there may be humanoid robots. When they become dexterous enough to do anything that man can do, will they take away all of the world championship titles? Like I said before, there can be any type of competition that anyone wants. But world championships imply human-human competition. IMO. A human-computer chess championship is totally different than the world championships. In the first case, it is human chess skill vs. human programming skill. In the second case, it is human chess skill vs. human chess skill. As you said, "There is a big difference." KarinsDad :)
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