Kasparov: AlphaZero improved human understanding of chess
Hesamation · x · 2026-10-26
In an interview, Garry Kasparov — who lost to Deep Blue in 1997 — says AlphaZero enhanced rather than diminished human chess understanding. His fear that powerful machines would make chess dull and draw-heavy proved wrong: AlphaZero played aggressively, sacrificed material, and was 'more like Kasparov than Karpov.' Magnus Carlsen studied AlphaZero games and discovered connections and moves he'd considered but never dared to play. Kasparov calls chess 'the drosophila of reasoning' and sees value in what self-play systems teach humans.
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