Re: Old news but still worth noting: Computers rule chess

"Xiaoding" <xiaoding2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote

> Oh please, get real. What is the raw performance of the human brain,
> anyways? Which computer now comes close? Silly.

My computer can do millions of calculations per second.
I don't know how many floating point multiplications your brain can do per
second, but I doublt it's more than a couple :)

It all depends what you want a computer to do, and how it's programmed,
wether or not it is superior to the human brain or not-

> I contend computers can beat humans at Go now, there has just been no
> serious effort.

It appears that your postulation is that computers have the neccessary
processing power, but the software does not take advantage of it, right?
In that case, I agree. I thing that current computers would be able to play
at pro level in Go, if only the software would exist.

Making that software, however, is a whole different ballgame.


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