Chess has captured the imagination of humans for centuries due to its strategic beauty—an objective, board-based testament to the power of mortal intuition. Twenty-five years ago Wednesday, though, ...
“If you want to know what the future of AI looks like, look at chess. It happened to us first, and it’s going to happen to all of you.” Reading time 13 minutes In May of 1997, Garry Kasparov sat down ...
More than a decade has passed since IBM's Deep Blue computer stunned the world by defeating Garry Kasparov, international chess champion. Following Deep Blue's retirement, there has been a succession ...
IBM’s chess-playing supercomputer Deep Blue was eclipsed by the neural-net revolution. Now, 25 years on, the machine may get the last laugh. In May 11, 1997, Garry Kasparov fidgeted in his plush ...