Grandmasters v chess computers!
Submitted by
lukeyboy_xx on Thu, 09/18/2008 at 10:21am.
The surprising conclusion was this: top grandmasters and top chess computers are dead-even, and they have been stuck that way for some time. Neither side has actually won a match from the other in five years, and the last seven events between grandmasters rated 2700+ and chess computers have all been drawn. How long can this deadlock last?
You're probably thinking, "Okay, sure, they're even now, but isn't it inevitable that computers will just get better and better and eventually leave the humans behind?" Well, yes, computers will definitely get better, but don't forget that human players are improving too! Human players are constantly getting better at chess; it's just super-hard to measure this statistically, because improving humans play against other improving humans. It is NOT inevitable that computers will surpass humans.
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