IBM's chess players: on artificial intelligence and its supplements

Bloomfield, B P and Vurdubakis, T (2008) IBM's chess players: on artificial intelligence and its supplements. The Information Society, 24 (2). pp. 69-82. ISSN 0197-2243

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Abstract

This article investigates the ways in which the reporting of technological developments in artificial intelligence (AI) can serve as occasions in which Occidental modernity's cultural antinomies are played out. It takes as its reference point the two chess tournaments (in 1996 and 1997) between the then world champion Gary Kasparov and the IBM dedicated chess computers Deep Blue and Deeper Blue and shows how these games of chess came to be seen as an arena where fundamental issues pertaining to human identity were contested. The article considers the dominant framing of these encounters in terms of a conflict between two opposed categories—“human” and “machine”—and argues the essential role of human agency, the human supplement, in the performances of machine intelligence.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
The Information Society
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
?? management information systemspolitical science and international relationsinformation systemscultural studiesdiscipline-based research ??
ID Code:
45088
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Deposited On:
11 Jul 2011 18:26
Refereed?:
Yes
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Published
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08 Dec 2024 00:18