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Letter: Well done, brain

Published 26 July 2003

From Rishiyur S. Nikhil

In your interview with Garry Kasparov you say: “Kasparov, the world’s top chess player, had lost to a computer, Deep Blue. It was a major insult to human brain power” (12 July, p 40).

Alternatively, one might see it as a major compliment to human brain power. Imagine – building a machine that could defeat Garry Kasparov!

Arlington, Massachusetts, US

Issue no. 2405 published 26 July 2003

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