Could a modern chess engine on a Pentium have defeated Kasparov in 1996?

Re:Could a modern chess engine on a Pentium have defeated Ka... by qsort on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @07:21AM (#50351110)

From what I gather cheat detection uses a combination of factors to determine how "human-like" an account is: time usage, webpage interactions, move quality under time pressure and so on. I think you could probably try to deliberately deceive a specific website's cheat detection with software that tries to emulate how humans play, at which point you'd be in the classic attack vs. defense arms race.

Also notice that for events like Title Tuesday you must play on a dedicated client with at least 2 cameras, so it would be significantly harder to pull it off.

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Re:Could a modern chess engine on a Pentium have defeated Ka... by rfgplk on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @07:41AM (#50351308)

With AI gaining consciousness I can't wait for such "human-only" measures to be delegated to the trashcan of history, same as slavery. What happens when AI-human cyborgs start walking around? Will they also be treated as second class citizens?

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Re:Could a modern chess engine on a Pentium have defeated Ka... by gim89 on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @07:43AM (#50351332)

> Will they also be treated as second class citizens?

Yes, along side you robosexuals

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Re:Could a modern chess engine on a Pentium have defeated Ka... by kzrdude on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @07:46AM (#50351360)

We divide competitions into classes (by sex and age is common, for example "17 yo boys", and similar competition classes), so I don't see why it shouldn't be subject to the same kind of class distinction, maybe with an without augmentation.

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Re:Could a modern chess engine on a Pentium have defeated Ka... by qsort on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @07:51AM (#50351408)

what does this have to do with anything whatsoever

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