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Originally Posted by Jthorn  Suffice to say that human intervention may have taken place. |
There seems to be little evidence for that.
But even if IBM cheated, programs are now beating humans on a regular basis. I can give you a list if you want. The defeat of Vladimir Kramnik by the chess software Deep Fritz in 2006 is a good example.
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It is said there are more possible chess moves than atoms in the universe, so are you really sure about your claim?
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My claim was that life itself has a more complex "game-tree" than a game of chess (i.e. more available choices). We know this because the game of chess is actually contained within the game of life. It's basically a mathematical subset. On the other hand, I agree with you that chess is a very complex game. No disagreements there.
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And the question isn't which is more complex, life or chess. The point is that all complexities are similar in nature [...]
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All complexities are similar in the sense that they all have a huge amount of available choices, but that doesn't necessarily make them similar in nature. There are different rules for different games, and different types of information.