Deep Blue
A chess-specific AI system developed by IBM. In 1997, it defeated world chess champion Garry Kasparov and is regarded as a representative example of narrow AI from the AI 1.0 era.
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The term 'Deep Blue' refers to the existential anxiety felt by practitioners when AI demonstrates overwhelming capability in a core domain, rendering their skills obsolete and their efforts meaningless; it was coined by Willison, Bryan Cantrill, and Adam Leventhal on a podcast.
IBM's Deep Blue defeated Kasparov in 1997 and made extensive use of expert knowledge such as opening libraries and evaluation functions from human chess players.
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IBM's Deep Blue defeated human chess players in 1997 through an expert system in chess
80%VerifiedIn 1997, IBM's Deep Blue defeated chess world champion Kasparov using a brute-force search algorithm.
90%UnverifiedDeep Blue can evaluate 200 million chess positions per second
60%UnverifiedThe term 'Deep Blue' refers to the existential anxiety felt by practitioners when AI demonstrates overwhelming capability in a core domain, rendering their skills obsolete and their efforts meaningless; it was coined by Willison, Bryan Cantrill, and Adam Leventhal on a podcast.
50%UnverifiedIBM's Deep Blue defeated Kasparov in 1997 and made extensive use of expert knowledge such as opening libraries and evaluation functions from human chess players.
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