A Rhapsody in Deep Blue
On this day 10 years ago, the human race got an inferiority complex. A computer, Deep Blue, beat Russian Garry Kasparov, the greatest chess player on the planet, and mankind’s place in the order of things was reshuffled.
(A Decade After Kasparov’s Defeat, Deep Blue Coder Relives Victory)
Gnh, gnh, gnh, let me restate that:
On this day 10 years ago, the
human racechess players got an inferiority complex. A computer, Deep Blue, beat Russian Garry Kasparov, the greatest chess player on the planet, and mankind’s place in the order of things was reshuffled.finally got to understand that computers are better than humans at searching narrow game trees.
Well, call me back when you solve Go…
(Btw a variant of Mancala has been solved as well). Note that chess is not actually solved in the sense that a winning strategy is known for all situations, it’s just that computers are better than human players. The skill of the current computer Go opponents, on the other hand, places them in the middle of the amateur kyu range, which is way too far from even the amateur dans, let alone the pros (the rating scale is not linear in nature; moving from 6th dan to 7th dan is much harder than moving from 1st dan to 2nd dan).
Хайде да играем Го някой път, а? :)
Comment by Крум — 21 May 2007, Monday @ 12:29
Това съм аз в Dragon Go Server, обади се ;). (за съжаление от нямам възможност за Го в реално време)
http://www.dragongoserver.net/userinfo.php?uid=17187
Comment by Mordred — 21 May 2007, Monday @ 13:06
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