Gerben ZaagsmaJun 11, 2025
Michael Piotrowski

This is of historical interest on so many levels.

When the notion of AI first appeared, chess was considered the epitome of intelligence (before that it was calculating)—which, of course, it isn’t. Now AI is all about pattern recognition, which certainly covers more of what we associate with human intelligence, but go figure, it’s not *just* pattern recognition either. ⇢

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/chatgpt-got-absolutely-wrecked-by-atari-2600-in-beginners-chess-match-openais-newest-model-bamboozled-by-1970s-logic

ChatGPT 'got absolutely wrecked' by Atari 2600 in beginner's chess match — OpenAI's newest model bamboozled by 1970s logic

OpenAI's latest and greatest AI model was outclassed by the 1.19 MHz near 50-year-old console gaming legend.

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Jun 11, 2025 at 11:01amWeb
Show threadMichael PiotrowskiJun 11, 2025

⇢ The notion of “intelligence” in AI has always been very narrow, and I’d argue that even that of “general intelligence” remains a very narrow one, and like previous ideas of intelligence, it’s largely socially constructed, i.e., closely tied to a particular set of skills valued by a particular group of people.

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