I guess this has long been expected. The question is should this worry us humans? Will there come a time when machines are the masters, and humans the slaves? (a la Matrix?)
PMana > http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/2/22/15209/8213 > > Over the last few years the rated strength of chess > computers has been creeping upwards and is at the > verge of overtaking Garry Kasparov, the top-rated > human. Jeff Sonas has written an article for ChessBase > News detailing these statistical results from the > SSDF. They show computer program Shredder at 2812, > a mere 19 points away from Kasparov's 2831 FIDE > rating. By linear extrapolation the programs seem to > be getting stronger at a rate of about 50 points a > year so if the trend holds computers will pass > Kasparov sometime this year. -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
