Oh a short addendum,
Its perhaps disingenuous to refer to Deep Blue beating Gary Kasparov
(Chess) - I would argue that such a feat proves nothing. Deep Blue operates
by a simple "Brute Force" approach - try every possible move and pick the
best one. That works because a chess game is a closed set - grant it a very
big one but it is finite. A contest is an open set - the possibilities are
infinite - i.e. Deep Blue wouldn't be much good at it :o)
So pat yourselves on the back - there's a lot more to contesting than chess
:o)
73
Cormac EI4HQ
----- Original Message -----
From: Derek Wills <oo7@pan.as.utexas.edu>
To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>; <n4zr@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 7:04 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Robot Op Challenge
>
> N4ZR said:
>
> Frankly, I'm skeptical. I'm sure that robots exist with a
> limited degree of autonomous QSO capability (after all N6TR's
> Z80 Op has been around for a decade or more), but I doubt that
> the technology has progressed to the point that it can outperform
> a skilled human operator, even on a single band and over a short
> period of time.
>
> It's just a matter of time - the world's #1 chess player has lost to
> a machine more than once! And contesting machines don't get tired...
>
> Derek aa5bt
>
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