Its characters are software programmers trying to design programs advanced enough to successfully checkmate
a human grandmaster.
Not exact matches
Computers learned to outplay
humans a while ago, but rather than give up on the game entirely, fleshy
grandmaster types have instead incorporated machines into their games.
Here's a very partial list: tech icons (founders of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Craigslist, Pinterest, Spotify, Salesforce, Dropbox, and more), Jimmy Fallon, Arianna Huffington, Brandon Stanton (
Humans of New York), Lord Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Ben Stiller, Maurice Ashley (first African - American
Grandmaster of chess), Brené Brown (researcher and bestselling author), Rick Rubin (legendary music producer), Temple Grandin (animal behavior expert and autism activist), Franklin Leonard (The Black List), Dara Torres (12 - time Olympic medalist in swimming), David Lynch (director), Kelly Slater (surfing legend), Bozoma Saint John (Beats / Apple / Uber), Lewis Cantley (famed cancer researcher), Maria Sharapova, Chris Anderson (curator of TED), Terry Crews, Greg Norman (golf icon), Vitalik Buterin (creator of Ethereum), and nearly 100 more.
Google's AlphaGo software has defeated
human Go
grandmaster Lee Sedol 4 - 1 in a five - game series.
The historic match between Google bot AlphaGo and
human Go
grandmaster Lee Sedol drew to a close this morning.
It expands prior shorts that made Thor the roommate of Australian Darryl, as the
Grandmaster moves in with the
human.
The original 1981 Clash of the Titans, a fantasy adventure of ancient roman gods and monsters and hapless
humans caught in the squabble, was the swan song of stop motion creature
grandmaster Ray Harryhausen, the last celebration of old school craft in the age of modern special effects.
Goldblum, 63, will play
Grandmaster, a cosmic being who plays chess with lesser life - forms such as
humans, said The Hollywood Reporter.
IBM's Deep Blue computer beat chess
grandmaster Garry Kasparov almost 20 years ago, and IBM's Watson bested the
human champions of Jeopardy in 2011.