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Man Vs Machine In Chess - Who Is Winning?

Posted by simoniker on from the autobot-or-decepticon? dept.

FFriedel writes "In a few weeks, the world's strongest player Garry Kasparov will take on X3D Fritz in a high-profile man-machine chess match. Who is the statistical favourite? Since computers have been steadily improving and are now holding their own against the very strongest human players, one would think it may be Fritz. Not necessarily, says statistician Jeff Sonas, who doesn't believe computers will inevitably surpass the top humans, and presents empirical evidence to support his claim as part of a series of articles for ChessBase."

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  1. slashdot == sexist by larry+bagina · · Score: 0, Troll
    I notice that the question is "Man vs. Machine". You completely ignore the hundreds of grandmaster chess players that happen to be female.

    Have you ever heard of Deep Blue (or it's brethren) defeating a female chess player? Of course not.

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    1. Re:slashdot == sexist by Waffle+Iron · · Score: 1, Troll

      Centuries ago English had a more sensible set of words for human beings: 'woman' for a female, 'wereman' for a male, and 'man' for the general case covering both. We would have avoided a lot of confusion and controversy if the term 'wereman' hadn't been dropped. (A vestige of the word does still survive as part of 'werewolf', but given the scarcity of these creatures, that's not really very useful.)

  2. Re:Angry Chess Players by uncoveror · · Score: 0, Troll

    Man vs. Machine chess is a hoax. Read more.

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  3. Face reality by Dancin_Santa · · Score: -1, Troll

    Just like in other professions, while women may in fact be quite capable, they often lack the spark of creativity, strength, or deftness to reach the pinnacle of the profession.

    Look at any profession and you will find that men dominate the upper ranks, from professional football to cooking.

    I'm all for equal protection under the law, but when it comes to whining about 'Man vs. Machine' instead of 'People vs. Machine', you have got one foot in the proverbial dogshit.

  4. The real chess masters by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Is this really /. ? Where are the posts about welcoming our new masters.... errr, chess masters.... errr, overlords.

    Where are the posts about "In Soviet Russia, chess plays you?"

    And for the love of God, where are the Beowulf clusters of chess playing, bikini wearing super computer posts?

  5. Necessary Non Sequitur by neoshroom · · Score: 0, Troll

    I, for one, welcome our chess-computer overlords.

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  6. IN SOVIET RUSSIA.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    .. chess is... uhh.. dammit, how the heck can you make a soviet russia joke about CHESS?