Garry Kasparov: Don't fear intelligent machines. Work with them.
Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at 09:30AM
Charlie in Digital Financial Reporting

Who is the world chess champion today; a computer or a human?  In 1997, IBM's Deep Blue took the title.  Today, a computer is no longer the world chess champion.  Neither is a human. Today, a team of computers and humans working together can beat any computer or any human working alone.

That is how the power of computers will be harnessed; by human and computer teamwork.  Human are good at some tasks; not as good at other tasks.  Computers are good at some tasks; not as good at other tasks.  Teaming humans and computers together and leveraging the strengths of each is how work will get done in the future.

This TED Video, Garry Kasparov: Don't fear intelligent machines. Work with them, helps you recognize that human-machine partnerships is the way work will be done in the future.  It also helps you recognize that you need to understand how to partner with machines.

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