Tuesday 13 October 2009
DEEP BLUE
It is a little strange to have a computer among the greatest chess players but that’s exactly what this machine was designed to do, play chess. This computer achieved what was previously unthinkable. By defeating the reigning champion Garry Kasparov it proved that we have been able to design a machine that can outthink us. The rivalry between Kasparov and IBM began in 1989 but it took 8 long years before Deep Blue could defeat a World Champion. Though later Kasparov accused IBM of cheating but no such allegation was found to be true. Kasparov also challenged for a rematch but IBM refused and it dismantled Deep Blue. After the success of Deep Blue it has become common for world class players to use computers as their training partners.
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I don’t think that just because the Deep Blue defeated Kasparov, a World champion, that a machine could outthink human. Of course it took a lot to design such a machine but a machine can only do what is stored in its memory. So the matter is that all the possible moves and things to choose the effective move at a time are stored in it. But human mind has something more than that.
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