Chess, Deep Blue, Kasparov and Intelligence      The second chess match between IBM's Deep Blue and Kasparov in the Spring of 1997 resulted in victory for Deep Blue. This in turn led to discussion and opinion in the press concerning the significance of this and the relation between Human and Machine or Computational Intelligence.      Below are some articles taken from the Archives of the New York Times. Read over the first four of the articles listed below.The additional articles are all related and you may want to puruse these as well. Mean Chess-Playing Computer Tears at Meaning of Thought, By Bruce Weber, February 19, 1996 Conventional Wisdom Says Machines Cannot Think By George Johnson, May 9, 1997 IBM Chess Machine Beats Humanity's Champ By Bruce Weber, May 12, 1997 Computer in the News: Kasparov's Inscrutable Conqueror By Robert D. McFadden, May 12, 1997 Computer Defeats Kasparov, Stunning the Chess Experts By Bruce Weber, May 5, 1997 Kasparov, Unbowed, Looks to Third Bout With Deep Blue By Bruce Weber, May 13, 1997 If Deep Blue Wrote Hamlet Would It Change the Endgame? By Ashley Dunn, May 14, 1997 Machine vs. Machine: Deep, Deeper, Deepest Blue. By George Johnson, May 18, 1997 What Deep Blue Learned From Grandmasters. By Bruce Weber, May 18, 1997 Deep Blue Team Awarded $100,000 Fredkin Prize By Joann Loviglio, July 30, 1997 In Another Man-Machine Matchup, the Computer Has the Upper Hand By Josh Rolnick, August 6, 1997 To Test a Powerful Computer, Play an Ancient Game. By George Johnson, July 29, 1997.

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