[ExI] Kurzweil On Watson

[Darren Greer]

I kinda like Zhigalko but then I like the thin, intense type. Carlsen is way
too basketball A-team for me (memories of getting beat up in high school),
but yes, I can see how the novelty of a good-looking jock/chess master would
turn on G.Q. and super models.

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2011/2/17 spike <spike66 at att.net>

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> that if history was a guide, we would downgrade chess." d.
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> That sounds like a good prediction, but it hasn’t worked that way really.
> Computers are better than all humans now, even the commercial versions that
> run on laptop computers.  Human vs human chess is still played, the prize
> funds are higher than ever, the highest rated human (Carlsen) is dating a
> supermodel and has been hired to sell clothing for G-Star.
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> This may be a special case however, for Carlsen may be the first male chess
> grandmaster in history who is not an ugly geek.  Odd, for it seems about 80%
> of the top female chess players are knockout gorgeous, but we lads at that
> level are 80% radioactive ugly.
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> Actually Darren, you are a valuable one to judge this contest.
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> Scroll all the way down in this link and compare:
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> http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=7014
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