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Tangential curiosity I didn't knew, > The first chess programs were written in the early fifties, one by Turing himself When readed that I wondered in what co
by ogig 12y ago
Tangential curiosity I didn't knew,
> The first chess programs were written in the early fifties, one by Turing himself
When readed that I wondered in what computer could possibly that chess program ran. The amazing answer is: nowhere. Turing executed himself the orders of the program he wrote acting as cpu.
http://chessprogramming.wikispaces.com/Alan+Turing#Chess%20and%20Go http://chessprogramming.wikispaces.com/Alan+Turing#Chess%20a...
- fduran 12y agoA chess-playing computer had been suggested as early as 1864, and the first machine able to carry out a "program" was invented in Spain in 1914 by the engineer Leonardo Torres-Quevedo and called Ajedrecista http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Ajedrecista http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Ajedrecista
- jfoutz 12y agoSite in general is NSFW, this specific comic has some swearing. Disclamer aside, I always thought this was a pretty hilarious alternative to real automation, in the spirit of the xkcd security wrench. http://media.oglaf.com/comic/theautomaton.jpg http://media.oglaf.com/comic/theautomaton.jpg
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- nbouscal 12y agoIf you're going to correct someone, you should do so correctly. You're missing the word "you" in "I hope you won't mind". You're missing the word "I" in "When I read that". It should be "what computer that chess program could possibly have run on". The "could that" order only works in a question.
- mark_h 12y agoKasparov played a game against that program too, for the Turing centenary celebrations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrxdWkjmhKg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrxdWkjmhKg