A Machine Beat Me at Chess. I'm Still Rooting for AI
Nearly 30 years ago, I became the first knowledge worker to lose their job to a machine in the AI era.This image hasn’t been AI-enhanced, I was just younger!Today, artificial intelligence can do a lot more than embarrass a Russian chess player. AI is already driving medical breakthroughs and improvements in everyday life. Yet over the past year, AI has become a political third rail among Americans.
- ▪Nearly 30 years ago, I became the first knowledge worker to lose their job to a machine in the AI era.This image hasn’t been AI-enhanced, I was just younger!Today, artificial intelligence can do a lot more than embarrass a Russian chess pla
- ▪AI is already driving medical breakthroughs and improvements in everyday life.
- ▪Yet over the past year, AI has become a political third rail among Americans.
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| Original publisher | Hacker News (AI / LLM) |
| Canonical URL | https://www.thenextmove.org/p/a-machine-beat-me-at-chess-im-still |
| Publication time | Wed, 23 Sep 2026 03:46:16 +0000 |
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A Machine Beat Me at Chess. I’m Still Rooting for AI.The democratic world needs a positive vision for artificial intelligence.Garry KasparovSep 17, 20261452838ShareSubscribeRefer a friendGarry Kasparov is the chairman of the Renew Democracy Initiative, which publishes The Next Move.Newsweek called it “the brain’s last stand:” the brain in question was mine, bested at chess in a rematch against an IBM supercomputer called Deep Blue. Nearly 30 years ago, I became the first knowledge worker to lose their job to a machine in the AI era.This image hasn’t been AI-enhanced, I was just younger!Today, artificial intelligence can do a lot more than embarrass a Russian chess player. AI is already driving medical breakthroughs and improvements in everyday life.
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