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10 Years After Big Blue Beat Garry Kasparov

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the what-does-it-mean-man dept.

Jamie found another MIT Technology review story, this time about Chess, Supercomputing, Garry Kasparov, and trying to make sense of just what exactly it all meant when a computer finally beat a grand master. An interesting piece that touches on what it means to play chess, the difference between humanity and machinery and how super computers don't care when they are losing. Worth your time.

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  1. Exactly. by HEbGb · · Score: 1, Troll

    People quickly forget (or delude themselves). Kasparov wasn't defeated by a machine, but by a team of experts using a machine. There's a huge difference.

    Still, who cares? Chess is a solvable game, and brute force will eventually win. Not impressive at all, and there's nothing to do with intelligence.