"What I want is a good public debate that will end up with recommendations to the government," he said. He pointed to the speed at which vaccines were developed in response to COVID-19, a lightning effort compared to work fighting earlier diseases, as something that made him hopeful about the power of innovation.īut he called for better regulation worldwide to help limit the negative impact of social media and other evolving technologies. "Humanity always wins with more technology brought in." I don't want to sound callous - people will lose jobs. Kasparov might be described as a techno-optimist, but he does not totally dismiss the fears of AI naysayers who worry that robots will replace jobs once done by humans, from factory workers to truck drivers. While Terminator-style robo-assassins remain the stuff of science fiction, human rights groups are already pushing for international laws to restrict the use of so-called "killer robots", predicting that AI will transform warfare in the years to come.Īt the Web Summit, meanwhile, tech gurus have spent the week discussing more positive potential applications of AI, from intelligent chatbots that boost our mental health to sorting plastic waste. The true threat, the Kremlin critic says, comes from "the dictatorial, totalitarian countries and the terrorists who will use this technology to harm us". The real danger comes not from killer robots but from people - because people still have a monopoly on evil." "There is simply no evidence that machines are threatening us. Whether you like it or not, it's happening," he said. "We live in a world where machines are playing bigger and bigger roles.
When he wasn't busy taking on 10 simultaneous chess opponents at Lisbon's Web Summit this week - handily beating them all in 45 minutes - he spoke to AFP about AI's growing role in society. Kasparov has remained fascinated by technology since his famous matches against IBM's Deep Blue computer in the 1990s.
In 1992 Nikitin seconded Boris Spassky during the latter's return match against Bobby Fischer, and later in the 1990s he coached the young Etienne Bacrot.LISBON - Russian chess legend Garry Kasparov was beaten by a supercomputer - but when it comes to artificial intelligence, he is firmly convinced that it's the humans who pose the real threat. He was Kasparov's chief second in his candidates and world championship matches from 1983-1987. Volume II covers the period 1982-1990, including the first four world championship matches against Karpov and the candidates matches against Smyslov, Korchnoi and Beliavsky.Īlexander Nikitin, born 1935 in Moscow, coached Garry Kasparov from 1973 until 1990. The author goes to great lengths to describe his educational approach during the early period to raise Kasparov’s theoretical knowledge and practical performance, covering both play and psychological training. Volume I covers the period 1973-1981, until Kasparov reached the age of 18. In Coaching Kasparov, Year by Year and Move by Move Garry Kasparov’s long-term coach, second and mentor Alexander Nikitin tells the story of how he trained Kasparov from a brilliant, but raw junior into becoming and then remaining the world champion.