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Brain vs. Computer: Place Your Bets

Posted by timothy on from the 20-on-the-computer dept.

dev_null_ziggy writes: "CNN reports that the current chess guru is going up against a supercomputer, amusingly titled 'Deep Fritz.' The match is scheduled for October, and the current champion, Vladimir Kramnik, stands to win $1 Million dollars if he wins. Of course, since he'll be snagging $800k for a draw, and $600k for a loss ... I'll give two to one odds on the machine."

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  1. didn't this already happen by Aguamala · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I thought that several years ago someone already went up against a computer...an IBM I believe...anyways...to make a long story short...he lost and the computer won. What is going to make humans any better...an upgrade. Computers already won the first time and they only get smarter...We on the other hand learn but not as fast.

  2. Re:Humans has to win, right ? by vitamino · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Do you think so? I think it's true that any programmer could write a function to find every legal move from any given position. But the best move? That's an entirely different challenge. Oftentimes the best move won't appear as such until much later. It's true, as computers get faster, programmers can be lazier as to how they weed out the poor moves.

    The real challenge must lie in how the computer is to decide which board configuration is superior to another ... a non-trivial task.