Hans Niemann hits back at Elon Musk\u2019s concerns about AI dominating chess pros Instagram\/HansNiemannChess star Hans Niemann is firing back at Elon Musk for claiming that even a basic phone could beat the best chess players on Earth. Humans taking on computers in chess is nothing new, but the debate over whether humans will be replaced by AI remains a controversial subject. On March 2, Elon Musk weighed in on chess\u2019s popularity and the advancement of software compared to the ELO rating of world champions. According to the X owner, even a phone could beat the world\u2019s top chess pros \u2013 something that Hans Niemann took an issue with. Hans Niemann responds to Elon Musk\u2019s AI chess concerns In his post, Musk claimed that chess is just the tip of the iceberg and more games will be affected by AI. \u201cWon\u2019t be long before AI can win at games that have vastly higher degrees of freedom than chess,\u201d he said. \u201cHope it\u2019s nice to us.\u201d Because chess is so widely-understood, it is played mostly for social reasons. \u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 4, 2024 At this point, even your phone could beat the best human chess players on Earth (sigh). Won\u2019t be long before AI can win at games that have vastly higher degrees of freedom than chess. Hope it\u2019s nice\u2026 In response, controversial chess pro Hans Niemann said that while Musk had a point in regards to top play, he\u2019s underestimating the power of human creativity. \u201cYour point is valid regarding top level chess where deep computer preparation nullifies human creativity, however, for 99% of chess players, there is plenty of room for creative exploration and intellectual stimulation,\u201d he shot back. Niemann continued, alleging that without time constraints, chess becomes a more interesting game because players rely on their intuition. \u201cMore than happy to show how chess is a far more interesting game than you might realize,\u201d he added, inviting Elon to collab at some point. So far, Musk has yet to respond to the invite, but if the two do end up colliding, it could make for one of the most interesting chess streams in quite some time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hans Niemann hits back at Elon Musk\u2019s concerns about AI dominating chess pros Instagram\/HansNiemannChess star Hans Niemann is firing back at Elon Musk for claiming that even a basic phone could beat the best chess players on Earth. Humans taking on computers in chess is nothing new, but the debate over whether humans will be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49436\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}