Kamsky wants to ban computer chess.

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jefk
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Re: Kamsky wants to ban computer chess.

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will go from house to house checking computers for installed AI software,
a good idea, replace all Win11 installs (with apparently a lot of AI spyware(*) ) with Linux Mint
(and a working Wine install) the latter (wine) not always so easy yet

(*) i presume there will be (more) opt out methods coming though
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Re: Kamsky wants to ban computer chess.

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I would ban all computer chess “experts” from all legal, ethical, political decision and opinion making. It’s enough to suffer them on newsgroups.
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Re: Kamsky wants to ban computer chess.

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You can't put the genie back in the bottle, even it he is an evil genie.
Sometimes he grants good wishes.
Sometimes he grants bad wishes.
But for me, he is a calm and helpful servant. And yes, I am that evil owner who will not use the final wish to grant him freedom.
I'll shine the lamp whenever I darn well please.
As long as I have a compiler and a computer, nobody will be able to stop me.
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But sharing ideas is an even greater virtue. We have another word for this. It is called teaching.
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Re: Kamsky wants to ban computer chess.

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jefk wrote: Wed Oct 29, 2025 11:16 am Note, first please a reference where Kamsky literally said such a thing (couldn't find anything);
while he may have been sometimes negative about chess engines, the capitalized quote may not be real.
He wrote it on facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/gata.kamsky/

It seems posting the deep link does not work.
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Re: Kamsky wants to ban computer chess.

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Kramnik similar:
Watch:




He can prove it.
„I didnt accuse“ naroditsky.

I can not find words to tell how i think about it. His statements are so victim perpetrator shifting.

Kramnik sees himself as victim. Maybe one should ban those commercial companies.
So kramnik can feel much better. In his bubble.

„He never made any personal attacks against D.N.“


Ok ?! So what the heck did he do the last year against Danya ??
What seems like a fairy tale today may be reality tomorrow.
Here we have a fairy tale of the day after tomorrow....
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Re: Kamsky wants to ban computer chess.

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Hello Ronald:
syzygy wrote: Wed Oct 29, 2025 7:19 pm
jefk wrote: Wed Oct 29, 2025 11:16 am Note, first please a reference where Kamsky literally said such a thing (couldn't find anything);
while he may have been sometimes negative about chess engines, the capitalized quote may not be real.
He wrote it on facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/gata.kamsky/

It seems posting the deep link does not work.
I got a working link. Let us hope that it works for everybody (unless Gata deletes the post):

https://www.facebook.com/gata.kamsky/po ... 1XZ59fGrDl

I am against 'COMPANIES should be banned' and such nonsense, of course. One thing is regulate certain things to avoid abuses (OK) and other is a total ban of everything. 'People pollutes when breathing, let us kill everybody' (like in James Bond film Moonraker of 1979). I always think on the following meme when I read or hear such thoughts:

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I wish I were a horseshoe crab and do not need to worry about those things!

Regards from Spain.

Ajedrecista.
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Re: Kamsky wants to ban computer chess.

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Ajedrecista wrote: Wed Oct 29, 2025 8:49 pm Hello Ronald:
syzygy wrote: Wed Oct 29, 2025 7:19 pm
jefk wrote: Wed Oct 29, 2025 11:16 am Note, first please a reference where Kamsky literally said such a thing (couldn't find anything);
while he may have been sometimes negative about chess engines, the capitalized quote may not be real.
He wrote it on facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/gata.kamsky/

It seems posting the deep link does not work.
I got a working link. Let us hope that it works for everybody (unless Gata deletes the post):

https://www.facebook.com/gata.kamsky/po ... 1XZ59fGrDl
Well done! :D