Why AI Chess Bots Are Virtually Unbeatable (ft. GothamChess) | WIRED
“I got checkmated in 34 moves.” Levy Rozman a.k.a. GothamChess plays chess against Stockfish 16, the strongest chess computer in the world, and analyzes the way it thinks in order to apply it to his own gameplay. With help from computer chess software engineer Gary Linscott, these chess pros identify why Stockfish is virtually unbeatable by a human, from opening move to endgame.
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Director: Lisandro Perez-Rey
Director of Photography: Francis Bernal
Editor: Paul Isakson
Talent: Gary Linscott; Levy Rozman
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas; Brandon White
Production Manager: D. Eric Martinez
Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila
Camera Operator: Brittany Berger
Gaffer: Mar Alfonso
Sound Mixer: Michael Guggino
Production Assistant: Albie Smith
Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Assistant Editor: Andy Morell
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It's interesting to see how Stockfish (or any AI really) uses the "beginner's luck" principle. Meaning: it uses everything to achieve its goal. So instead of being constrain by what veterans, seasoned or experienced players would do, it just tries "random" stuff and it works because no one expected those moves.
Itll be funny if you built stockfish with a sense of humor. E4,e5 ke2 and crush the opponent with the bongcloud lol
We only want to know one thing… Is this the first SkyNet ?
Stockfish may scream loud enough to be heard in the digital cyberspace, but Levy screaming at 500's can be heard beyond the expansion of the universe
0:42 subtitle "it searches tens of millions of physicians". physicians??? For what??
Power to the AI
Once i used stockfish to evaluate my lost match and try to learn. One my move the app described as "this is a blunder, you are missing a mate in 14 moves" and I am like this newbie 900 lol
Chess engines have arguably made human players better. In the 26 years since Deep Blue beat Kasparov, players have watched Stockfish and Alpha Zero evolve the game, and have maybe relearned how to play.
Why don't you show the match?
Hikaru beats him in 10 while ordering chipotle
Only 10 terabytes aka half a discord mod
Cmon levy… You're better than this. 3:20 Its against principle to run down a same side castle attack? What is against principle is pushing kingside pawns when your opponent hasnt castled on the same side yet
“That’s more positions than a human will see in their entire lifetime.” OK Gary… you should ask your mother how many positions I’ve seen.
I'm not the best software developer out there by profession… But all of Levy's questions warrant the same answer. Hence all of the questions are essentially the same 😢
Oh yeah? Well, Stockfish beat me in 33 moves.
I still prefer the name Deep Blue to Stockfish
Super cool. Can you please please please do a similar video about Go????
9:49 That is such a nice sound effect
It's so in the right pocket of do dat it's like
Hard to explain
Evidently
sooner or later, with enough computational resources, chess will actually be a solved game.
Doesnt this mean that the developers of stockfish have the highest ELO?
More Gotham!
6:03 WATCH ME
I love these chess vids
Why didn't you show the game?
Just like in any video game, the AI can become unbeatable. As they know your every move and react to the first frame you do and they do an opposite move that will beat it. You can only win when it lets you win.
How does Stockfish deal with openings?
"It searches as many moves as possible into the future as a decision tree"
How does Stockfish play the middle games?
"It searches as many moves as possible into the future"
How did Stockfish come up with this move?
"It searches as many moves as possible into the future"
Levy is the goat
can you beat stockfish if you land 100% accuracy?
paused your crap video at 0seconds. ITS BECAUSE CHESS IS AN EASY GAME
AI is an enhancer for both the good and bad
Such an interesting interview, if only they didn’t use background music and ruin it
the vast knowledge of this computer scientist is mind numbing.
Chess is math, so it is a human vs supercomputer in a calculations competition
How did alpha zero difficult stock fish? Next episode
Neurosama better 🥱
can I get the pgn for the game please?
He looks like a Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter hybrid
I WANT THE PGN
Imagine thinking about endgame at the 2nd move
Wired couldn't have sent the stockfish guy a proper microphone and camera to record himself with? Production value here is comically low. It's utterly jarring.
Computer brain always win human brain
I once used stockfish to beat stockfish
They have great chemistry and are both very charismatic!
AI content is always a bit heartbreaking.
it's weird that you aren't allowed to put your king into a position where it can be taken instead of just letting the loss play out or betting your opponent doesn't notice. It's weird that a stalemate is considered a draw instead of a loss for whoever's turn is next. Yet for some reason it's not considered an illegal move when it gives your opponent a guaranteed win if they play perfectly for like 2 moves. Why have it hard coded into the game to not allow for a player to make a bad move that's kinda the whole point of games is that your opponent is not you so they might not behave how you would expect.
Bet I can beat it at MTG
levy never fails to protect Gotham
Stockfish on the second move: you missed mate in 132?! You so bad!
Dope