IBM built the greatest machine in history, won $500,000,000, stock hits all-time high, then they turned it off
29 years ago today, Deep Blue was created to surpass humansDeep Blue was a supercomputer that evaluated 200 million chess positions per second. IBM built it for one purpose: beat Garry Kasparov, the reigning world champion since 1985Timeline:• 1996: Kasparov beats Deep Blue 4-2. IBM goes back to the lab• 1997: IBM rebuilds it from the ground up• May 11, 1997: Deep Blue wins the rematch. Kasparov resigns in 19 moves• Next Day: $IBM(IBM.US) stock jumps to a 10-year all-time high• Kasparov accuses IBM of cheating and demands another rematch• IBM refuses, shuts the project down, and retires Deep Blue to the SmithsonianNobody knew it then, but this was the first time a machine proved it could outthink a human
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