slate.com — Ten years ago today, a computer beat the world chess champion in a six-game match. Since then, human champs have played three more matches against machines, scoring two draws and a loss. Grandmasters are being crushed. This article examines why.
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daroachMay 14, 2007
Guinan had to tell him how to do it.
jesseMay 14, 2007
4 or 5 high profile computer versus grandmaster games can hardly be used for any meaningful conclusion on computers beating humans... c'mon, common sense people!
nohandleMay 14, 2007
Not a single mention to the fact that DeepBlue won because it was the better chameleon. The development team changed its programming after every round, hardly computer or AI intelligence. How do you beat someone when you have learned how to out think the individual and the individual is now changing how it thinks and operates?
the_dudeMay 14, 2007
However the anti-computer style doesn't seem to be working. GM's are still losing. I disagree that you could "deduce the patterns being used" since the thing is programmed with an openning book, and can still just rely on raw crunching of all possible moves. There's no pattern, it's just gonna run through everything possible. They never make mistakes . They never blunder like humans.
fugaziMay 14, 2007
I beat the computer at a game of yahtzee.
fuegosecretMay 14, 2007
You simple fool. Try RTFA before making a first post next time.Great article.