I strongly believe it's not hardware but software (ie. when we will develop a strong enough algorithm) issue.
- gg Nick Apperson: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >Let me clear one thing up... I mean, a professional go player. A rough >approximation of what the human brain is capable of when it is optimized for >go compared with a computer that has its software optimized (not limited by >programming ability and programmer time) for go. > >On 1/23/07, Joshua Shriver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> My 500mhz computer beats me fairly easy ;) with Gnugo so depends on >> the person you're comparing. >> >> -Josh >> >> On 1/23/07, Nick Apperson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > This is something I have been wrestling with. It is kind of a >> theoretical >> > question. Assuming a program that utilizes all avaliable resources >> > perfectly. It plays the best game you could ever program it to >> play. How >> > fast would the computer have to be to beat a human? I could see people >> > argue that if the program had enough knowledge it could be a pretty slow >> > computer (less than 100 Mhz), I could also see someone state the reality >> > that our brains (when you sum up the computational power of an entire >> > thinking brain) have way more processing power than a cluster of high >> > performance workstations and so technology isn't able to provide >> computer >> > hardware that would be fast enough. I think I vastly underestimate the >> > human brain, but I would say a computer with perfect software, 32 GB of >> RAM >> > (so a lot) and a 300 Mhz processor (slow processor) would be able to >> beat a >> > human. Thoughts? >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > computer-go mailing list >> > computer-go@computer-go.org >> > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> computer-go mailing list >> computer-go@computer-go.org >> http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ >> >---- inline file >_______________________________________________ >computer-go mailing list >computer-go@computer-go.org >http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kato) _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
