Hey Guys,
I just learned about this new book by Kasparov and a coauthor. Thought some of
you might be interested. I’m definitely going to read it soon.
Deep Thinking: Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins
by
Garry Kasparov
Mig Greengard
For those of you with a Bookshare membership, the book is of Publisher Quality
and the link to it is at:
https://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/1608952
Here’s the synopsis from the publisher:
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.
Evan
