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CCC Discusses Chess - Posts of Interest -What Is The Future Of Chess?
Re: CCC Discusses Chess - Posts of Interest -What Is The Future Of Chess?
At present it's only done by live signals without storage. Data, encrypt, send, receive, decrypt, store. Based on what I just read, it's only a limited aspect of quantum cryptography, good for sending passcodes and knowing whether the code was intercepted, but not for preventing interception.
Re: CCC Discusses Chess - Posts of Interest -What Is The Future Of Chess?
Ken: Maybe a quantum computer could be programmed to simultaneously look at all possible moves and congeal to an optimal line, but
A) We don't have a computer even remotely powerful enough to examine a chess game
B) We don't have a good idea how to write that program.
C) The invention of this computer will cause the collapse of civilization anyway so the question will become moot.
So it's really just a wishy-washy maybe chess could be solved in the future, who knows.
Last edited by Alan Baljeu; Friday, 26th October, 2012, 10:47 AM.
PS. I find quite ironic to see climate change denial posts on a topic about science. Will we also have the chance to see posts about how the world was created 3000 years ago? :)
There are more than a few scientists who deny climate change, I gather; there are also creation scientists (the two types don't necessarily overlap :)).
Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. Murphy's law, by Edward A. Murphy Jr., USAF, Aerospace Engineer
There are more than a few scientists who deny climate change, I gather; there are also creation scientists (the two types don't necessarily overlap :)).
The climate has been changing for ever...I rather doubt there are many that deny this! What is in dispute is how significant man's activities are in the current situation..........
The climate has been changing for ever...I rather doubt there are many that deny this! What is in dispute is how significant man's activities are in the current situation..........
How literal/picky can one get?
[edit: In case anyone else doesn't know, "climate change" (especially when followed by "denier") is universally understood to connote what Mr. Hunter describes ... that's assuming he's not trolling]
Last edited by Kevin Pacey; Saturday, 27th October, 2012, 03:30 PM.
Reason: Grammar
Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. Murphy's law, by Edward A. Murphy Jr., USAF, Aerospace Engineer
There are more than a few scientists who deny climate change, I gather; there are also creation scientists (the two types don't necessarily overlap :)).
Here's one link, for those curious about (respected?!) creation scientists:
I know, some might ask, what has this to do with the future of chess? Well, any repectability found for creation science could put a whole different perspective on the future of everything.
Last edited by Kevin Pacey; Saturday, 27th October, 2012, 04:00 PM.
Reason: Spelling
Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. Murphy's law, by Edward A. Murphy Jr., USAF, Aerospace Engineer
Re: CCC Discusses Chess - Posts of Interest -What Is The Future Of Chess?
Fwiw, some Google searching I did a few minutes ago gave me the following impression about the progress of computer programs at mastering various board games (ranked in level of least proficency):
Go (19x19): a computer program exists that's ranked at 6 dan (better than most people, not players ranked 6 dan up to 9 dan professional [highest rank])
Shogi (9x9): computer programs exist at level of low ranked pros
Chinese chess: computer programs exist that give top players serious trouble
Chess: strong computer programs are rated much higher than any human
Checkers (8x8): a solved game
Last edited by Kevin Pacey; Tuesday, 13th November, 2012, 03:45 PM.
Reason: Go rankings correction
Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. Murphy's law, by Edward A. Murphy Jr., USAF, Aerospace Engineer
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