Hans Niemann hits back at Elon Musk’s concerns about AI dominating chess pros
Chess star Hans Niemann is firing back at Elon Musk for claiming that even a basic phone could beat the best chess players on Earth.
Humans taking on computers inchessis nothing new, but the debate over whether humans will be replaced by AI remains a controversial subject.
On March 2,Elon Muskweighed in on chess’spopularityand the advancement of software compared to the ELO rating of world champions.
According to the X owner, even a phone could beat the world’s top chess pros – something that Hans Niemann took an issue with.
Hans Niemann responds to Elon Musk’s AI chess concerns
In his post, Musk claimed that chess is just the tip of the iceberg and more games will be affected byAI.
“Won’t be long before AI can win at games that have vastly higher degrees of freedom than chess,” he said. “Hope it’s nice to us.”
Because chess is so widely-understood, it is played mostly for social reasons.At this point, even your phone could beat the best human chess players on Earth (sigh).Won’t be long before AI can win at games that have vastly higher degrees of freedom than chess.Hope it’s nice…
In response,controversial chess proHans Niemann said that while Musk had a point in regards to top play, he’s underestimating the power of human creativity.
“Your point is valid regarding top level chess where deep computer preparation nullifies human creativity, however, for 99% of chess players, there is plenty of room for creative exploration and intellectual stimulation,” he shot back.
Niemann continued, alleging that without time constraints, chess becomes a more interesting game because players rely on their intuition.
Hi old pal. Your point is valid regarding top level chess where deep computer preparation nullifies human creativity, however, for 99% of chess players, there is plenty of room for creative exploration and intellectual stimulation. If you decrease the time control, chess becomes…https://t.co/fsx4Kn3e5O
“More than happy to show how chess is a far more interesting game than you might realize,” he added, inviting Elon to collab at some point.
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So far, Musk has yet to respond to the invite, but if the two do end up colliding, it could make for one of the most interesting chessstreamsin quite some time.
