Chess.com tops 250M members 28 years after Deep Blue: Diamandis on what stays human
PeterDiamandis · x · 2026-10-23
Peter Diamandis points out that computers beat the world chess champion in 1997, yet Chess.com has just surpassed 250 million members. People don't play to be the best — they love it. His takeaway: as machines do more of the work, the part of being human that keeps growing is the part that does.
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