On: Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title

[moffkalast]

Chinook was obviously playing the long con. Knowing Tinsley's weakness was his humanity, so it continued to draw until his frail human body succumbed to the forces of nature, thus winning once and for all.

[tmjwid → moffkalast]

It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness, that is life.

[TylerE → tmjwid]

Not in checkers. The Chinook team later proved it is a draw if both players play perfectly.

[RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u → TylerE]

In the context of the GP quote, Data did ~~achieve victory~~ busted him up, in a sense, by playing for a draw, so...

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIRT6xRQkf8

[hangonhn → tmjwid]

One of my favorite quotes of all time.

[Ansil849 → tmjwid]

The only winning move is not to play.

[cortesoft → tmjwid]

Are you saying he busted him up?

[solardev → tmjwid]

Whoosh

[moffkalast → solardev]

Nah, he's quoting a TNG episode where Data does the exact same thing.

[allenrb → moffkalast]

Data may have said it in TNG, but pretty sure this originated with the 1983 film “WarGames” (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WarGames).

[fknorangesite → allenrb]

It was Picard to Data: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4A-Ml8YHyM

The WarGames "the only winning move is not to play" quote is about mutually assured destruction; a rather different lesson than the one Data learns in 'Peak Performance'.

[solardev → moffkalast]

Ah,oops, my whoosh!

[thaumasiotes → tmjwid]

Not at all true in general; consider tic-tac-toe.

[ndsipa_pomu → moffkalast]

“If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by.”

[lupire → ndsipa_pomu]

"I'm not standing still; I am lying in wait."

[Cthulhu_ → moffkalast]

Skynet doesn't have to do anything, it just needs to be patient.

...and self-replicating so it ensures its own survival long term of course, but that's a problem yet to be solved.

[danuker → moffkalast]

If you have a few hours to kill, here is a game the situation reminds me of:

https://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/