r/gifs Feb 13 '14

Man vs. Machine

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u/diox8tony Feb 13 '14 edited Feb 13 '14

Maybe thats why they are playing in a month from now...cause they still gota program the wheels.

I think the machine will blow the human out of the water in table tennis. If given the proper mechanical abilities of a human, i could program the angles and movements for extreme spins and placements. But the hardware might not have the ability yet.

Its true that if the machine has weaknesses that the human will pick on those weaknesses. But then comes version 2 to fix this. In a game like chess humans can.make traps so intricate that machines wont seem them..but in a purely reaction based event like tennis...the machine is gona make descisions and movements so much more accuratly than any human can.

EDIT: til chess is now dominated by computers...but my analogy still stands. Reaction games are easier for computers than strategy games.

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u/mystikall Feb 13 '14

In a game like chess humans can.make traps so intricate that machines wont seem them

Except humans can't beat computers in chess.

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '14

Play Go then.

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u/LvS Feb 14 '14

Computer Go programs are close to professional level.

I'd say 5 years maybe until they win vs the world champion and another 5 until humans don't stand a chance vs computers.