OT: Chess

[WraithLord]

Knai, I wasn't saying they aren't better at chess. They are, but you miss the point. chess is a game and you play it in order to have fun. Imagine you could auto win every chess game for some moderate effort (not playing - just calculating and querying tables) would you enjoy "playing" like this?

Scaramuccia, perhaps that day will come. It will then be clear that we have created a better race than we are

[Scaramuccia]

Originally Posted by WraithLord

Scaramuccia, perhaps that day will come. It will then be clear that we have created a better race than we are

We've done it. Books (or texts in general) are better race than we are.

[Knai]

Originally Posted by WraithLord

Knai, I wasn't saying they aren't better at chess. They are, but you miss the point. chess is a game and you play it in order to have fun. Imagine you could auto win every chess game for some moderate effort (not playing - just calculating and querying tables) would you enjoy "playing" like this?

I probably would. However, the point is that fun is an alien and completely irrelevant concept to a tool. It doesn't have thoughts, or emotions, or anything like that, and as such doesn't matter.

[WraithLord]

I'm just saying I don't envy (nor aspire to be) a hammer for being better than me at putting nails to walls

We are the masters of the machines muhahahaha

or are we now???