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Kasparov Draws Game 4 and Match Against X3D Fritz
jaydee77ca writes "Garry Kasparov survived opening danger and played very precise, technical chess to draw Game 4 with black against X3D Fritz. The final match result is a 2.0 - 2.0 draw, proving yet again that the day of the machines has not yet arrived."
1 Kasparov = 4 2.8GHZ Xeons Imagine what a beowulf cluster of Kasparovs could do. Seriously though. Kasparov ties with a four processor system? The fact that he was even playing against such a modest machine seems to be an admission of defeat. In two or three years he'll be playing competitively with an imac.
The final match result is a 2.0 - 2.0 draw, proving yet again that the day of the machines has not yet arrived.
So let me get this straight, there's one guy out there who wasn't totally creamed by this computer, and even though that very same computer would totally annihilate any other opponent on the chess board, that means "the day of the machines has not arrived"? What? So when Gary Kasparov is dead, and that same computer is able to destroy every other human opponent, I guess everyone will say, "the machines have now arrived!"
Obviously, there's another level that computerized chess systems have yet to attain; that is, totally obliterating all human opponents, all the time, which would include Gary Kasparov. But I don't think it's fair to make a comment like "the machines have not arrived", because they have arrived, and they're doing very damn well against almost every human on the planet.
What kind of caveman doesn't have Flash? Sorry, but I'm genuinely curious. It's a free download you know.
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Well I tell you what, I used to think Slashdot was full of geeks and not nerds, but after reading some of the commentary on this here chess article, I think nerds is right.
Karma: It's all a bunch of tree-huggin' hippy crap!