What I Learnt About A.I. By Playing 1000 Hours Of Chess In A Year

If you’ve been following me on social media, you might have noticed some posts with the hashtag #TMFchessjourney. These document my ongoing mission to practice chess at a professional level, what I’ve learnt from it and how it helps me grow as a person. Recently, I’ve crossed the 1000 hour bar of chess time and it has been a truly humbling experience. From finally learning the art of patience to getting bested by pre-teens to inching closer to the language of A.I., I was in for quite the ride and this is merely the beginning! I’m thrilled to take you on this Chess Journey today,  so strap up! Why chess? Believed to have originated in a precursor form in India as far back as the 6th century CE, chess is nowadays played by hundreds of millions of people around the world. In fact, one study puts the number of chess players as about the same as there are regular Facebook members. The latter only keeps on growing and I don’t think that the number of chess enthusiasts will lag far behind. The board game has stood the test of time and will likely continue to do so given its ease to adopt, its technical elegance and the challenge to master that the chess experience brings along. My Chess Journey started on November 8, 2018 in a bid to better understand the language of artificial intelligence. A.I. will become omni-present in healthcare, not as a replacement for doctors but as an aid to professionals, akin to the stethoscope of the 21st century. F...
Source: The Medical Futurist - Category: Information Technology Authors: Tags: Artificial Intelligence AI chess Source Type: blogs