Deep Thinking: Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins (Signed First Edition, First Printing)

Kasparov, Garry

ISBN 10: 161039786X / ISBN 13: 9781610397865

Published by PublicAffairs, 2017

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Signed First Edition, First Printing of this discussion by chess champion Garry Kasparov of machine intelligence and humanity. In a famous early contest between human and machine intelligence. Kasparov tangled at the chess board with the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue. In the first series og games in 1996, Kasparov outmatched Deep Blue 4-2. But a year later, Deep Blue bounced back to nip the chess master 3-1/2 games to 2-1/2 games. Deep Blue has been unavailable for comment; Kasparov gives his perspective on the matches in this book. Signed by Garry Kasparov on a World 50 bookplate on the front endpaper. World 50 is a highly selective professional organization for CEOs and similarly high-powered executives in the Global 2000. Among its services, the group has an Oprah/Reese style book club of recommended reads of Big Idea books. "Deep Thinking" was World 50 book club selection and this copy has a removable "World 50 Book Club" sticker on the front cover of the jacket. 287 pages. The book has tanning of the page edges. Otherwise, no sign of previous use.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Deep Thinking: Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins (Signed First Edition, First Printing)
• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 161039786X
• ISBN 13: 9781610397865
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Garry Kasparov's 1997 chess match against the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue was a watershed moment in the history of technology. It was the dawn of a new era in artificial intelligence: a machine capable of beating the reigning human champion at this most cerebral game.

That moment was more than a century in the making, and in this breakthrough book, Kasparov reveals his astonishing side of the story for the first time. He describes how it felt to strategize against an implacable, untiring opponent with the whole world watching, and recounts the history of machine intelligence through the microcosm of chess, considered by generations of scientific pioneers to be a key to unlocking the secrets of human and machine cognition. Kasparov uses his unrivaled experience to look into the future of intelligent machines and sees it bright with possibility. As many critics decry artificial intelligence as a menace, particularly to human jobs, Kasparov shows how humanity can rise to new heights with the help of our most extraordinary creations, rather than fear them. Deep Thinking is a tightly argued case for technological progress, from the man who stood at its precipice with his own career at stake.

About the Author

Garry Kasparov is a business speaker, global human rights activist, author, and former world chess champion. His keynote lectures and seminars on strategic thinking, achieving peak performance, and tech innovation have been acclaimed in dozens of countries. A frequent contributor to the Wall Street Journal, he is the author of two books, How Life Imitates Chess and Winter is Coming, each of which has been translated into more than a dozen languages. He is a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Oxford Martin School, working in cooperation with the Future of Humanity Institute. He lives in New York.

Mig Greengard is Spokesman and Senior Advisor to Garry Kasparov.