Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins
A beautiful mind and a smart machine meet in the showroom of an automobile dealer. Photos: smart 天津 (Tiānjīn).
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Ulises
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I like the car's design.
One question: do you know if chess is growing in China? With both the current male and female world champions being Chinese, one would think that it should be gaining popularity. However, at least on social media, it seems to be a very, very niche sport there.
As far as I saw, it's not too popular, at least in comparison with 象棋 (xiàngqí). It was thinkable that the victory of 丁立人 (Dīng Lìrén) in the world match could have increased the popularity of 國際象棋 (international chess), but his unspecified illness and his prolonged absence from the scene actually prevented any favourable attention being paid to it. I heard he's going to play again in Wijk aan Zee and let's hope for the best.
Let's hope that he doesn't cancel at the last moment! The organization does emphasize that 丁立人 (Dīng Lìrén) is playing, so perhaps he has confirmed his participation.
On the other hand, if one thinks about the systems with which many federations are pumping up chess online and offline, especially among the very young, one should have the prudence to tell his students -- if he has any -- what Paul Morphy said many years ago, and encourage them to follow instead 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)'s example, who pursued a career in both academics and chess.
I'm curious about the meaning of 'the systems with which many federations are pumping up chess online and offline, especially among the very young.' What do you mean with this?
Oh, it wouldn't be the first time 丁立人 (Dīng Lìrén) cancelled at the very last minute. I remember that on occasion of the Asian Games many Chinese outlets took his participation for granted until the day before the start. Let's hope this isn't the case here.
It seems to me that many federations mostly hunt sports membership cards and numbers. I do not like their sports mentality nor their managerial governance. Probably it's because I am getting old — and I inevitably remained tied to the past, when chess was a form of culture elitaire and a delightful pastime.
8 comments:
I like the car's design.
One question: do you know if chess is growing in China? With both the current male and female world champions being Chinese, one would think that it should be gaining popularity. However, at least on social media, it seems to be a very, very niche sport there.
As far as I saw, it's not too popular, at least in comparison with 象棋 (xiàngqí). It was thinkable that the victory of 丁立人 (Dīng Lìrén) in the world match could have increased the popularity of 國際象棋 (international chess), but his unspecified illness and his prolonged absence from the scene actually prevented any favourable attention being paid to it. I heard he's going to play again in Wijk aan Zee and let's hope for the best.
Let's hope that he doesn't cancel at the last moment!
The organization does emphasize that 丁立人 (Dīng Lìrén) is playing, so perhaps he has confirmed his participation.
And obviously I hope that he recovers promptly.
On the other hand, if one thinks about the systems with which many federations are pumping up chess online and offline, especially among the very young, one should have the prudence to tell his students -- if he has any -- what Paul Morphy said many years ago, and encourage them to follow instead 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)'s example, who pursued a career in both academics and chess.
I'm curious about the meaning of 'the systems with which many federations are pumping up chess online and offline, especially among the very young.' What do you mean with this?
Oh, it wouldn't be the first time 丁立人 (Dīng Lìrén) cancelled at the very last minute. I remember that on occasion of the Asian Games many Chinese outlets took his participation for granted until the day before the start. Let's hope this isn't the case here.
It seems to me that many federations mostly hunt sports membership cards and numbers. I do not like their sports mentality nor their managerial governance. Probably it's because I am getting old — and I inevitably remained tied to the past, when chess was a form of culture elitaire and a delightful pastime.
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