As has already been pointed out, there was quite a difference between the hardware these computer programs were running on, as Jeff Sonas doesn't really consider in his article. As far as I recall reading, the Deep Blue that beat Kasparov, was actually running on an algorithm 100 times faster than the one Fritz, which drew Kasparov in a match earlier this year, were using. I'm PRETTY convinced, that if you put one of todays best programs (there has been a huge development in the actual strength of the programs since Deep Blue) on a killer machine like IBM did back then (just one that at least equals the one Deep Blue was running on), any human being would be completely outclassed in a match...
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As has already been pointed out, there was quite a difference between the hardware these computer programs were running on, as Jeff Sonas doesn't really consider in his article. As far as I recall reading, the Deep Blue that beat Kasparov, was actually running on an algorithm 100 times faster than the one Fritz, which drew Kasparov in a match earlier this year, were using. I'm PRETTY convinced, that if you put one of todays best programs (there has been a huge development in the actual strength of the programs since Deep Blue) on a killer machine like IBM did back then (just one that at least equals the one Deep Blue was running on), any human being would be completely outclassed in a match...