Chess and AI: From Deep Blue to AlphaZero, or How Computers Became Chess Wizards

When Garry Kasparov lost to IBM’s Deep Blue in 1997, the world gasped. “A computer beat a human?! What’s next, robots making cappuccinos better than baristas?” (Spoiler: they do.) But let’s rewind a bit and see how we got from Deep Blue, the original digital chess nemesis, to AlphaZero, the AI that plays...

Oct 11, 2024 - 20:30
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Chess and AI: From Deep Blue to AlphaZero, or How Computers Became Chess Wizards
When Garry Kasparov lost to IBM’s Deep Blue in 1997, the world gasped. “A computer beat a human?! What’s next, robots making cappuccinos better than baristas?” (Spoiler: they do.) But let’s rewind a bit and see how we got from Deep Blue, the original digital chess nemesis, to AlphaZero, the AI that plays...

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