Garry Kasparov: First they are funny toys, then they’re our competitors, then they are superior forevermore. The competition window is tiny in perspective, but it dominates our vision. But “losing” isn’t the end, it’s the beginning of a new world of powerful tools that we very much need.
I’ve been hearing “AI is coming for your job!” since 1996, when I first faced Deep Blue as the first knowledge worker whose profession was supposedly menaced by computers. Humans still play chess, by the way! We must be creative and ambitious, not in denial.
‘The competition window is tiny’ is a key concept to understand, on every level.
