RE: Turing test

[Scott Dossey <sdossey@xxxxxxxx>]

	[Scott Dossey]  Vincent Diepeveen had the following to say about
the Turing Test: 
> One game is not representing. We need more games.
> Also when playing a weak human, especially beginners, then you cannot
> conclude a thing from it, because in contradiction to experienced
> players
> beginners simply lack lots of knowledge, and therefore could be just
> as
> 'intelligent' as the program. Also beginners play very inconsistent. 
> 
> I've passed this experiment already myself in computer chess.
> At the internet chess server i play regurarly people (guests) who
> don't
> carry a name. I picked all computers out of it within 3 quick games.
> Some of the programs i could even name.
> 
	[Scott Dossey]  
	I just want to comment that Vincent had one major clue that we
don't have when playing the Chess programs--Time scale.   Computers
often don't make obvious moves "immediately", and also make other kinds
of time blunders.  I especially noted this in the Kasparov--Deep Blue
match when the commentators were all commenting about the fact that Deep
blue was taking minutes to do an absolutely obvious and critical move.

	-Scott