Sporting Disaster

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Chris Rice
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Sporting Disaster

Post by Chris Rice » Thu Jul 31, 2014 6:06 am

Included at No 4 in seven sporting disasters is Kasparov v Deep Blue. On the positive side chess is obviously seen as a sport.

http://www.cherwell.org/sport/blogs/201 ... -disasters

Gordon Cadden
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Re: Sporting Disaster

Post by Gordon Cadden » Thu Jul 31, 2014 7:10 am

Chris Rice wrote:Included at No 4 in seven sporting disasters is Kasparov v Deep Blue. On the positive side chess is obviously seen as a sport.

http://www.cherwell.org/sport/blogs/201 ... -disasters
Since when does a computer engage in sport ?

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Re: Sporting Disaster

Post by John Upham » Thu Jul 31, 2014 7:36 am

Gordon Cadden wrote:
Since when does a computer engage in sport ?
They have engaged in calculating odds for sporting encounters for some years.
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Re: Sporting Disaster

Post by Geoff Chandler » Thu Jul 31, 2014 7:52 am

Gordon is right.

A computer does not even know it is playing a game.

Fast forward to today and last heard Deep Blue is selling
airline tickets whilst Gary is pushing to be president of FIDE.

Swap them. Let Deep Blue run things and stick Gary behind the counter at Heathrow.

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Re: Sporting Disaster

Post by John Upham » Thu Jul 31, 2014 8:05 am

Geoff Chandler wrote:
A computer does not even know it is playing a game.
That not only applies to a computer in some cases.
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