Re:The Chess Master and the Computer
by bumbledraven on Friday December 31, 2010 @04:03PM
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In the first two cases, humans have invented more effective ways of doing a task than the biological methods.
Kasparov acknowledges that computers are superior to unassisted humans at playing chess, so how is the third case (computer chess) different?
[B]rute-force methods of recreating systems are no longer working.
On the contrary, brute-force algorithms are working better and better as a result of the trend currently known as Moore's law. The faster the hardware, the less intelligent the software running on it has to be to do the same job.
Kasparov acknowledges that computers are superior to unassisted humans at playing chess, so how is the third case (computer chess) different?
[B]rute-force methods of recreating systems are no longer working.
On the contrary, brute-force algorithms are working better and better as a result of the trend currently known as Moore's law. The faster the hardware, the less intelligent the software running on it has to be to do the same job.