JgtShadow1 Posted July 31, 2020 Report Share Posted July 31, 2020 Does anyone know what GIB stands for? Just curious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerriman Posted July 31, 2020 Report Share Posted July 31, 2020 Ginsberg's Intelligent Bridgeplayer - the first word coming from the original programmer Matthew Ginsberg; the second word being unintentional sarcasm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Tu Posted July 31, 2020 Report Share Posted July 31, 2020 Trivia: Matt originally meant the acronym to stand for "Goren In a Box", but Goren's estate objected, so he changed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vampyr Posted July 31, 2020 Report Share Posted July 31, 2020 Its original name was Goren In a Box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilowsky Posted July 31, 2020 Report Share Posted July 31, 2020 Opinions vary Grossly Incompetent BotsGinsberg's Insidious BeastsGremlins Inducing BankruptcyGuy In Back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted July 31, 2020 Report Share Posted July 31, 2020 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 :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilowsky Posted July 31, 2020 Report Share Posted July 31, 2020 Or features - he meant to say features. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vampyr Posted July 31, 2020 Report Share Posted July 31, 2020 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 :( Nigel, you are talking about over 20 years ago. GIB has been far surpassed in the interim. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilowsky Posted July 31, 2020 Report Share Posted July 31, 2020 Speaking of computer TLA'sIn 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted July 31, 2020 Report Share Posted July 31, 2020 Nigel, you are talking about over 20 years ago. GIB has been far surpassed in the interim. WBridge5 consistently beats me :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnu Posted August 1, 2020 Report Share Posted August 1, 2020 For Doctor Who fans, GIB stands for Great Intelligence Bridgeplayer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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