GarryKasparov’s1997chessmatchagainsttheIBMsupercomputerDeepBluewasawatershedmomentinthehistoryoftechnology.Itwasthedawnofanewerainartificialintelligence:amachinecapableofbeatingthereigninghumanchampionatthismostcerebralgame.Thatmomentwasmorethanacenturyinthemaking,andinthisbreakthroughbook,Kasparovrevealshisastonishingsideofthestoryforthefirsttime.Hedescribeshowitfelttostrategizeagainstanimplacable,untiringopponentwiththewholeworldwatching,andrecountsthehistoryofmachineintelligencethroughthemicrocosmofchess,consideredbygenerationsofscientificpioneerstobeakeytounlockingthesecretsofhumanandmachinecognition.Kasparovuseshisunrivaledexperiencetolookintothefutureofintelligentmachinesandseesitbrightwithpossibility.Asmanycriticsdecryartificialintelligenceasamenace,particularlytohumanjobs,Kasparovshowshowhumanitycanrisetonewheightswiththehelpofourmostextraordinarycreations,ratherthanfearthem.DeepThinkingisatightlyarguedcasefortechnologicalprogress,fromthemanwhostoodatitsprecipicewithhisowncareeratstake.
