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Re:Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title by moffkalast on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @09:19AM (#32165384)
Chinook was obviously playing the long con. Knowing Tinsley's weakness was his humanity, so it continued to draw until his frail human body succumbed to the forces of nature, thus winning once and for all.
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Re:Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title by tmjwid on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @10:47AM (#32166504)
It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness, that is life.
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Re:Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title by TylerE on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @02:04PM (#32169791)
Not in checkers. The Chinook team later proved it is a draw if both players play perfectly.
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Re:Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title by RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @02:12PM (#32169900)
In the context of the GP quote, Data did ~~achieve victory~~ busted him up, in a sense, by playing for a draw, so...

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIRT6xRQkf8

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Re:Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title by hangonhn on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @11:41AM (#32167356)
One of my favorite quotes of all time.
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Re:Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title by Ansil849 on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @11:12AM (#32166898)
The only winning move is not to play.
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Re:Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title by cortesoft on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @11:19AM (#32167020)
Are you saying he busted him up?
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Re:Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title by solardev on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @10:55AM (#32166624)
Whoosh
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Re:Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title by moffkalast on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @11:06AM (#32166814)
Nah, he's quoting a TNG episode where Data does the exact same thing.
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Re:Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title by allenrb on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @01:05PM (#32168804)
Data may have said it in TNG, but pretty sure this originated with the 1983 film “WarGames” (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WarGames).
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Re:Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title by fknorangesite on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @01:31PM (#32169252)
It was Picard to Data: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4A-Ml8YHyM

The WarGames "the only winning move is not to play" quote is about mutually assured destruction; a rather different lesson than the one Data learns in 'Peak Performance'.

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Re:Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title by solardev on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @12:03PM (#32167716)
Ah,oops, my whoosh!
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Re:Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title by thaumasiotes on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @12:07PM (#32167801)
Not at all true in general; consider tic-tac-toe.
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Re:Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title by ndsipa_pomu on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @11:38AM (#32167318)
“If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by.”
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Re:Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title by lupire on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @11:07PM (#32175310)
"I'm not standing still; I am lying in wait."
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Re:Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title by Cthulhu_ on Thursday July 21, 2022 @04:57AM (#32177133)
Skynet doesn't have to do anything, it just needs to be patient.

...and self-replicating so it ensures its own survival long term of course, but that's a problem yet to be solved.

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Re:Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title by danuker on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @09:51AM (#32165776)
If you have a few hours to kill, here is a game the situation reminds me of:

https://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/

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