AI Defeats Human Tetris Champ, Prompting Questions on Intelligence and Human vs. Machine Capabilities
• Kasparov lost to IBM's Deep Blue in chess in 1997, while 13-year-old Willis Gibson recently beat Tetris. This prompts questions about intelligence and the capabilities of humans vs machines.
• Tetris is mathematically more complex than chess. Chess has defined rules, while Tetris belongs to a class of very difficult combinatorial problems.
• AI systems have surpassed humans at games like chess, Go, and poker, developing strategies that even grandmasters never conceived of. ChatGPT demonstrates the ability of AI to upend knowledge.
• Scientists can now create small organoids that resemble organs like brains to study diseases. There is interesting research into connecting biological and digital systems.
• It's not true that humans are evolving intelligence faster than machines. AI systems actually beat humans at solving Tetris already. As AI progresses rapidly, we may need to speed up neuroscience to keep pace.