Alex,

You or I could be given key portions of Deep Blue's algorithms and decipher those statements down to one line statements. The issue of understanding would never exist. There is not some understanding module within Deep Blue. It is just carrying out instructions and utilizing table lookups (past moves, probable moves based on previous strategies, etc). Deep Blue understands nothing about chess. It is simply executing programs - that's it. It could just as well be a sophisticated machine stamping widgets. The understanding is the same.

Warm regards, Harv

• Simple system - less understanding. Complex-more. - alexander - December 14, 2001 - 02:07 UTC
• Understanding = knowledge + correct prediction. - alexander - December 14, 2001 - 02:15 UTC
  • Ask yourself - harvey1 - December 14, 2001 - 02:46 UTC
    • harvey, how hard do you think add emotions to Deep Blue? - alexander - December 14, 2001 - 03:21 UTC
    • You are simply not logical! - doctordick - December 14, 2001 - 14:48 UTC
      • Not true - harvey1 - December 14, 2001 - 16:04 UTC
      • Yeah, Harv can think and computers can't...yet? - carefuluniverse - December 15, 2001 - 07:24 UTC
        • Informal operations deserve more doubt,, & a little "slack" too - carefuluniverse - December 16, 2001 - 08:02 UTC
  • What are we talking? - harvey1 - December 14, 2001 - 04:32 UTC
    • This is just more out and out logical garbage! - doctordick - December 14, 2001 - 15:37 UTC
      • Testy testy - harvey1 - December 14, 2001 - 17:04 UTC
      • Programmers are people too - aurino - December 14, 2001 - 17:32 UTC
        • I don't see your comments as letting me down! - doctordick - December 14, 2001 - 19:24 UTC
          • LOL - harvey1 - December 14, 2001 - 19:28 UTC
            • It's not what you say, Harv - aurino - December 14, 2001 - 20:12 UTC
              • I don't get it - harvey1 - December 14, 2001 - 20:33 UTC
                • I am going to have to agree with alex. - bladesinger - December 15, 2001 - 03:06 UTC
                  • It all boils down to the old soul argument, I think - stormcrow - December 15, 2001 - 04:56 UTC
                    • Yup NT - bladesinger - December 15, 2001 - 07:37 UTC
                    • There is truth. - phillipmartin - December 19, 2001 - 19:42 UTC
                  • I'm guessing we can - harvey1 - December 15, 2001 - 12:58 UTC
                    • What about... - bladesinger - December 16, 2001 - 05:43 UTC
                  • life at the virus level is more complex than human dogma - carefuluniverse - December 16, 2001 - 01:32 UTC