The Shrine

<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '><b>Link:</b> <a href="http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id ... ">Kasparov Speaks</a>

Very interesting review of the differences between Deep Blue and Deep Junior, by the opponent himself.</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>I like that this time everything was documented and made public. I think Deep Juniors programmers should be elated.</div>

<div style='font: 12pt "Cooper Black"; text-align: left; '>That is an interesting article. I applaud Kasperov to be able to tie something that can analyze millions of chess games just to make a move.</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Very interesting article. It's also nice to see him take such an active role in the advancement of AI</div>

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '><i>For 50 years one of the recurring motifs of the science of artificial intelligence was a chess computer beating the world champion. It was almost an obsession in the community, with scores of teams in dozens of universities dedicating their academic careers to achieve this goal.</i>

As far as I understand, no academcis decidated their career to something as specific as getting a program to beat a grandmaster at chess. Certainly, people have dedicated their careers to artificial intelligence research and application. But chess is just an aspect of that.

Of course, I may be wrong, but that claim just doesn't sound right. It almost sounds like a rationalization for why it was okay for him to tie - and in the process, making that particular act important than it actually is.</div>

<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>Deep Blue is a massive machine with millions of lines of programming. They didn't get there with a few guys tinkering with it as a hobby.</div>

<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>I could beat Deep Blue and Deep Jr. with just one move.</div>

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Of course. That, however, does not mean that the people who worked on the projects dedicated their careers to it.</div>

<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>With a baseball bat, maybe. In chess, hell no!</div>

<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>Nope. Unplug it.</div>