[ExI] Computers are changing humans

[BillK]

On Fri, 21 Oct 2022 at 02:17, spike jones via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
> That's right BillK.  We have computer chess tournaments going on constantly,
> where the best software plays the best software.  I will freely admit they
> play some astonishing games, but I don't follow it much.  I do follow the
> top humans however.
>
> Note that sports betting is becoming more accepted over time.  The betting
> on the human chess is way higher on all axes: volume of shares traded,
> number of people betting, and amounts bet.  The top software not so much.
> This tournament where Niemann apparently somehow hid a computing device up
> his ass was a big money tournament.  So it does matter, and it also is
> likely the end for money human vs human tournaments.  Sigh.
>
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>
> spike
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Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann sues champion Magnus Carlsen, others
for $100 million over cheating claim
Published Thu, Oct 20 2022

<https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/20/chess-grandmaster-hans-niemann-files-100-million-defamation-suit-over-cheating-accusation.html>

Now it looks as though they have to prove how the cheating was done.

BillK