AI made chess more exciting rather than killing the game, with neural nets producing aggressive, unconventional play that revitalized human competition.

21:46the chess engine and that started beating Stockfish in ways that was like unexpected and it was actually aggressive and it did like unconventional things and like really pushed the game forward. And so what was interesting is that like computers at first made chess a little bit more boring, but then made it so much more exciting. And we're seeing more exciting chess than we ever have. And and the

22:07players have gotten better. And really computers are now able to help us unlock the game in ways that like make our enjoyment of the game better. whether it's the AI kind of coach on game review that reviews your game and and helps you learn from it. Um or playing against the computer or generating puzzles that are, you know, specific for you. So AI has just really helped, you know, humans

22:29enjoy chess more. I don't know exactly how that's going to play out. I know that right now like AI and mathematics is a big deal. Like is it solving too many problems, but then you've got AI that's like unfolding proteins and solving for cancer, but you know, humans are doing the research too. So, it's really this kind of like handinhand partnership where like the best of human

22:48creativity, the best of AI can help move humans further. Um, so I don't know. I'm pretty I'm pretty optimistic about the future. Honestly, >> I'm very inspired by the idea that AI can help humans get better at things much faster than they used to, or technology in general. Like if you took a talented 10-year-old today versus 30 years ago, like how much faster do you think they could reach ELO 2000 or