The Last Chess Game: Computers, Media Events, and the Production of Spectacular Intelligence.

Examines the 1996 and 1997 chess matches between Garry Kasparov and the IBM supercomputer, Deep Blue. Kasparov's comments on his wins and losses; Antagonistic perspectives on chess-playing machines; Cultural cogency of the game of chess; Media's unwillingness to attribute superior intelligence or c...

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Published in:	Canadian Review of American Studies Vol. 30; no. 3; pp. 339 - 361
Main Author:	Hamilton, Sheryl N.
Format:	Article
Published:	University of Toronto Press 2000
Subjects:	Chess tournaments Kasparov, G. K. (Garri Kimovich), 1963- Deep Blue (Computer) Supercomputers Artificial intelligence
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