The constraints of "don't shoot the opponent" aren't written into the formal rules of chess; they exist only in your mind. If you claim otherwise, please give me one chess tutorial that explicitly says "don't shoot the opponent".
- Tom --- Stathis Papaioannou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 01/07/07, Eugen Leitl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > that disabling your opponent would be helpful, > it's because the > > > problem it is applying its intelligence to is > winning according to the > > > formal rules of chess. Winning at any cost might > look like the same > > > problem to us vague humans, but it isn't. > > > > It doesn't matter how you win the game, but that > you win the game. > > Anyone who doesn't understand that is not vague, > he's dead, long-term. > > But the constraints of the problem are no less a > legitimate part of > the problem than the rest of it. If you're free to > solve the problem > "win at chess using just the formal rules of the > game" by redefining > it to "win at chess using any means possible", you > may as well > redefine it to "go sit on the beach and read a > book". > > > > -- > Stathis Papaioannou > > ----- > This list is sponsored by AGIRI: > http://www.agiri.org/email > To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: > http://v2.listbox.com/member/?&; > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=4007604&user_secret=7d7fb4d8
