Chess makes a difference
Computers are better at chess and now they are going for the world cup.
I wonder how long before they are kung fu masters, like myself.
Or until they dominate the stock market, much unlike myself:
If ever there were a field in which machine intelligence seemed destined to replace human brainpower, the stock market would have to be it. Investing is the ultimate numbers game, after all, and when it comes to crunching numbers, silicon beats gray matter every time. Nevertheless, the world has yet to see anything like a Wall Street version of Deep Blue, the artificially intelligent machine that defeated chess grand master Gary Kasparov in 1997.Even though chess players often go nuts trying to beat these computers, there are many benefits to teaching chess to youth:
"...the project produced demonstrable results in relation to improved behaviour at school, improved learning, enhanced parental involvement and active citizenship. The research report confirms this and points to chess as an important tool in improving attainment".