The following is a conversation with Gary Kasparov.

He is considered by many to be the greatest chess player of all time.

From 1986 until his retirement in 2005,

he dominated the chess world,

ranking World No. 1 for most of those 19 years.

While he has many historical matches against human chess players,

in the long arc of history,

he may be remembered for his match against the machine.

IBM's Deep Blue.

His initial victories and eventual loss to Deep Blue

captivated the imagination of the world.

Of what role artificial intelligence systems may play in our civilization's future.

That excitement inspired an entire generation of AI researchers,

including myself, to get into the field.

Gary is also a pro-democracy political thinker and leader,

a fearless human rights activist,

and author of several books,

including How Life Amateur's Chess,

which is a book of strategy and decision making,

Winter's Coming,

which is a book articulating his opposition to the Putin regime,

and Deep Thinking,

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