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Subject: Re: Speed vs. Knowledge Debate To Be Decided Soon

Author: Vincent Vega

Date: 22:38:02 02/11/00

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On February 11, 2000 at 20:32:31, Albert Silver wrote:

>It's still very complicated even where computers are concerned. I am presuming
>this is a project of your own as you did not mention any names of third parties
>doing the analysis, in which case I'd like to ask how these conclusions will be
>reached.

No, I read it right here, maybe about a month ago.  Sorry, I don't remember
who's doing it, maybe somebody else does.  I hope the results will be posted
here or published.

>Add an 11th ply to a program that knows nothing and
>it's importance will be far greater to it than to a program that has a very
> large evaluation function.

Are you sure?  I'm not.  In fact I've seen arguments that CSTAL gains more with
increased time than fast searchers.

Yes, there are a lot of complications and I could be wrong.  But I think this
experiment could start answering some questions (and posing new ones).



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