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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
But then in 2015 AlphaGo beat professional Go player Fan Hui. Still, some things would always remain outside of the reach of computers.<\/p>\n
After all, a computer cannot create a good movie. Until, of course, the day arrives when it does.<\/p>\n
To me, that will be a kind of crossover point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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