On this day in 1997, Boris Kasparov, the world’s top chess player, faced off against IBM’s chess-playing supercomputer, Deep Blue — and lost. This week, professional poker players are trying something similar in Pittsburgh, and they’re winning.
On this day in 1997, Boris Kasparov, the world’s top chess player, faced off against IBM’s chess-playing supercomputer, Deep Blue — and lost. This week, professional poker players are trying something similar in Pittsburgh, and they’re winning.