The world was shocked in 1996 when the Deep Blue supercomputer beat Garry Kasparov, a world-class chess champion, at one of the most sophisticated strategy games ever devised. In retrospect however, it seems laughable that anyone was surprised by this development. Although chess is a sophisticated game, it’s also the perfect game for a computer. Deep Blue wins at chess through brute force rather than intelligence, by running through millions of possible games every time a player moves, and choosing the best counter-move. No human can compete with that.
But there are other games that you wouldn’t expect a computer to beat. While computers rule at methodical strategy, they’re not so hot when it comes to say, fast paced video games. At least until now.
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