The unethical abuse of technology by unprincipled humans could ruin chess. Skynet has not yet become aware and computers still need humans to program them, turn them on/off, and pay the electricity bill : )
Will technology ruin the game of chess?
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Jul 26, 2013
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#123
I have a friend that got married over the internet! Where is technology leading us?? xD
I've heard of people getting married over a green card, but over the Internet!?
Surely there are easier ways to get your hands on Internet access....
Jul 26, 2013
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#125
Yeah! 
Have you ever wondered what the Internet will be like in... oh say... 100 years!? I have. And I'm blank.
Within the next 100 years I see viable computer-brain-interfaces allowing us to have seamless access to the wealth of information (and misinformation) available on the Internet, and also technology enhanced simulated telepathy.
Nevermind the presence of ubiquitous artificially intelligent sensors bringing our entire surroundings alive.
Atomic_Rift a écrit :
I have a friend that got married over the internet! Where is technology leading us?? xD
I think many more people get divorced over the internet...
Jul 26, 2013
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#129
ivandh wrote:
Atomic_Rift a écrit :
I have a friend that got married over the internet! Where is technology leading us?? xD
I think many more people get divorced over the internet...
Will divorce ruin the game of chess? Will technolgy ruin divorce? (your turn. 
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If you look at the statistics, divorce is alive and well and continues to increase. Such is the world in which we live. : )
Jul 27, 2013
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#131
Marriage already ruined, lets get back to topic. This is all Michael Botvinnik's fault, introducing computers into competitive chess.
Jul 27, 2013
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#132
I agree. I think that since the strongest computer has an estimated rating of 3300, they dont need to make computers any stronger.
TheGrobe wrote:
Within the next 100 years I see viable computer-brain-interfaces allowing us to have seamless access to the wealth of information (and misinformation) available on the Internet, and also technology enhanced simulated telepathy.
Kill me now.
It will be opt-in, for what that's worth.
You sure?
No.
The simulated telepathy might interest me, as long as chess is not involved.
Jul 28, 2013
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#138
OK, sorry to question the premise of this whole topic, but here goes...
1. People can solve quadratic equations. They can also play chess.
2. Computers can solve quadratic equations. They can also Appear to "play chess" by Solving Chess Problems.
(Please, guys, tell me I'm not the only one here who sees the difference.) (Hint: Lacking biological innards, machines never "play" anything.) (Hint #2: "Playing chess" is an "interpersonal activity" in which a tiny subset of Biological creatures chooses to engage.)
Seems pretty likely to me that people who continue to Want to play chess will find a way to do it. And, now that I think of it, people who Want to talk about technology and chess will find a way to do that, too ... (people are fun, aren't they? 
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Now that computers have conquered the game as an opponent, future efforts would be better spent, IMO, improving computers as teaching/training devices. There is nothing for computers (or their programmers) to prove in the competitive arena anymore. But there is always room for improvement in the educational arena.
@666AAA666 Never have I seen any such "bugs" except for in movies. I don't think cheating is that sophisticated yet. I think there would need to be a wire of some kind which can be detected quite easily. Checking the headphones of a suspected cheater in a reasonable request, as is checking to see if those using the ENotate apps are running an engine instead (this was the case in a cheating scandal in a Scholastic Event in 2012).
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