Deep thinking : where machine intelligence ends and human creativity begins

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Author:

Kasparov, G. K. (Garri Kimovich), author.

Personal Author:

Kasparov, G. K. (Garri Kimovich), author.

ISBN:

9781541773646

Edition:

First trade paperback edition.

Physical Description:

iii, 299 pages ; 21 cm

Abstract:

"In this breakthrough book, chess legend, human rights advocate, and public intellectual Garry Kasparov unfurls the story of his landmark 1997 chess match against the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue and considers the larger questions it raises about artificial intelligence. He describes how it felt to face an implacable, untiring opponent with the whole world watching and recounts the history of machine intelligence through the microcosm of chess, considered by generations of scientific pioneers to be a key to unlocking the secrets of human and machine cognition. Even as many critics decry AI as a menace, particularly to human jobs, Kasparov describes a bright future for human-machine partnership. Full of the insights and anecdotes that have made Kasparov a prized speaker to business and tech audiences around the world, Deep Thinking is a tightly argued case for technological progress, from the man who stood at its precipice with his own career at stake"--Back cover.

Personal Subject:

Kasparov, G. K. (Garri Kimovich)

Subject Term:

Artificial intelligence.

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Garry Kasparov's 1997 chess match against the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue was a watershed moment in the history of technology. It was the dawn of a new era in artificial intelligence: a machine capable of beating the reigning human champion at this most cerebral game.

That moment was more than a century in the making, and in this breakthrough book, Kasparov reveals his astonishing side of the story for the first time. He describes how it felt to strategize against an implacable, untiring opponent with the whole world watching, and recounts the history of machine intelligence through the microcosm of chess, considered by generations of scientific pioneers to be a key to unlocking the secrets of human and machine cognition. Kasparov uses his unrivaled experience to look into the future of intelligent machines and sees it bright with possibility. As many critics decry artificial intelligence as a menace, particularly to human jobs, Kasparov shows how humanity can rise to new heights with the help of our most extraordinary creations, rather than fear them. Deep Thinking is a tightly argued case for technological progress, from the man who stood at its precipice with his own career at stake.

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Kirkus Review

Former world chess champion and human rights activist Kasparov (Winter Is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped, 2015, etc.) offers an optimistic view of humankind's relationship with machines. "With every new encroachment of machines, the voices of panic and doubt are heard, and they are only getting louder today," writes the author, who famously lost a chess match against IBM supercomputer Deep Blue in 1997. Since his retirement from professional chess, Kasparov has used his experience as a window on human-machine decision-making, in talks to business groups and in work as a visiting fellow at the Oxford Martin School. In this intelligent, absorbing book, he manages to both tell the story of his encounter with IBM's machine (with the "speed and depth of brute force search" to exploit human mistakes) and celebrate the untold coming benefits of smart machines. His detailed inside account of Deep Blue reflects on his own poor play and the likelihood that IBM gave its machine unfair advantages. As he said at the time, "I do not blame IBM, I blame myself." Kasparov also notes how chess-playing computers get stronger, change their openings, and pay no attention to "the competitive and psychological aspects of chess." Observing that most of us will be as disconcerted by driverless cars as he was by chess-playing machines, he urges that we take advantage of the proliferation of computers as they assume many roles of lawyers, bankers, doctors, and other professionals. "It's remarkable how quickly we go from being skeptics to taking a new technology for granted," he writes. Overreliance on machines may be dangerous if you want to innovate rather than imitate, but listening to them allows you to overcome your emotional biases. Given honest data, machines can "make us into better decision makers." Thoughtful reading for anyone interested in human and machine cognition and a must for chess fans. Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.