Garry Kasparov on AI, Chess, and the Future of Creativity

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Society & Culture, Education

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🗓️ 10 May 2017

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

The chess grandmaster, political activist, and author joins Tyler for a conversation on artificial intelligence, Russia, Putin, how education must change, favorite cities for chess, the most likely challenger to Magnus Carlsen, Tolstoy v. Dostoevsky, the benefits of pressure for performance, and why we should speed up our search for new frontiers and challenges.

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Recorded April 29th, 2017

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0:25.2	I'm here with Gary Kasparov.
0:27.0	Gary, of course, is the world's greatest chess player ever.
0:30.3	But more importantly, I think of him as a man who has never, ever shied away from a challenge.
0:35.7	He is one of the least complacent people I know.
0:38.7	Truly brave and courageous.
0:40.8	He has a new book out.
0:41.8	The title is Deep Thinking.
0:43.5	Gary, of course, himself is an extremely deep thinker in virtually all areas.
0:48.2	The subtitle is where machine intelligence ends, and human creativity begins.
0:53.8	Whereas in Gary's previous book, Well Winter, was coming.
0:56.8	This time around, it's a little more cheery, and at least in summary guards, well, finally,
1:01.6	Spring has arrived.
1:02.6	Gary, thank you for coming on the podcast.
1:04.6	Thanks for inviting me.
1:05.6	And you're right, yeah.
1:07.0	This book is more cheery than the previous one.
1:10.5	So I thought it would be a good idea to keep a balance.
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