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What does GIB STAND FOR? Is GIB an acronym?
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Posted 2020-July-30, 22:21
Ginsberg's Intelligent Bridgeplayer - the first word coming from the original programmer Matthew Ginsberg; the second word being unintentional sarcasm.
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Posted 2020-July-30, 23:05
Trivia: Matt originally meant the acronym to stand for "Goren In a Box", but Goren's estate objected, so he changed it.
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Posted 2020-July-30, 23:05
Its original name was Goren In a Box.
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Posted 2020-July-31, 01:50
Opinions vary
- Grossly Incompetent Bots
- Ginsberg's Insidious Beasts
- Gremlins Inducing Bankruptcy
- Guy In Back
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Posted 2020-July-31, 03:04
Mathew Ginsberg is a brilliant programmer. One of his papers, My liGIB: Steps Toward an Expert-Level Bridge-Playing Program nk describes how his innovative AI techniques made GIB the world's most successful Bridge program, winning the 1998 World Computer Bridge Championship, and holding it's own against world-class humans 
IMO, recent "fixes" have introduced new bugs 
IMO, recent "fixes" have introduced new bugs
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Posted 2020-July-31, 03:07
Or features - he meant to say features.
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Posted 2020-July-31, 05:42
nige1, on 2020-July-31, 03:04, said:
Mathew Ginsberg is a brilliant programmer. One of his papers, My liGIB: Steps Toward an Expert-Level Bridge-Playing Program nk describes how his innovative AI techniques made GIB the world's most successful Bridge program, winning the 1998 World Computer Bridge Championship, and holding it's own against world-class humans IMO, recent "fixes" have introduced new bugs
IMO, recent "fixes" have introduced new bugs Nigel, you are talking about over 20 years ago. GIB has been far surpassed in the interim.
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Posted 2020-July-31, 07:07
Speaking of computer TLA's
In 2001: A Space Odessey. the computer was called HAL (Heuristic Algorithmic Learning) machine - but it was actually Kubrick's little joke. It was a 'frameshift' mutation from IBM. HI AB LM.
In 2001: A Space Odessey. the computer was called HAL (Heuristic Algorithmic Learning) machine - but it was actually Kubrick's little joke. It was a 'frameshift' mutation from IBM. HI AB LM.
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Posted 2020-July-31, 08:03
Vampyr, on 2020-July-31, 05:42, said:
Nigel, you are talking about over 20 years ago. GIB has been far surpassed in the interim.
WBridge5 consistently beats me
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Posted 2020-August-01, 13:07
For Doctor Who fans, GIB stands for Great Intelligence Bridgeplayer.
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