Chess Improves Machines and Humans Alike

erick99 writes "Chess provides a window into some more arcane philosophical matters. The remainder of this article will focus on two difficult, and interrelated, questions. The first has to do with the nature of reality; the second is about the prospects for human and artificial intelligence in grappling with reality. In both cases, the search for an answer leads through a board game with 32 pieces and 64 squares."

Comments

Re:Vulcan science

[sunnytzu]

I am a philosopher and hence have a little more time for philosophy than you, but this article is shallow and weak. This is to philosophy what idle musings on how everything is uncertain thanks to Heisenberg is to quantum physics. (I am also a physicist, as well as a philosopher).

Re:What about GO?

[hippycow]

Go is only complex by dint of having a large playing board. Really it is a simple (and boring!) game with large dimensions.