Crossover point

There was a time when it was unthinkable for a computer to beat a grandmaster in chess. Then in 1997 Deep Blue beat Garry Kasparov.

Well, at least some things were still unattainable. After all, a computer couldn’t beat a human at Go — a game with a far greater space of possible moves than chess.

But then in 2015 AlphaGo beat professional Go player Fan Hui. Still, some things would always remain outside of the reach of computers.

After all, a computer cannot create a good movie. Until, of course, the day arrives when it does.

To me, that will be a kind of crossover point.

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