Don't fear intelligent machines. Work with them | Garry Kasparov

We must face our fears if we want to get the most out of technology -- and we must conquer those fears if we want to get the best out of humanity, says Garry Kasparov. One of the greatest chess players in history, Kasparov lost a memorable match to IBM supercomputer Deep Blue in 1997. Now he shares his vision for a future where intelligent machines help us turn our grandest dreams into reality.
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[@JoeSmith-jd5zg]

Best line of the talk at 0:50 "Machines were weak, and my hair was strong!"

[@giovannifalso6342]

I thought he meant "my head"

[@angdalco5533]

"Best" ?... nice indeed... but when he was showing the sky, were you just looking at his finger ? :-) Friendly...

[@Mikhail_Peskov]

@@giovannifalso6342 this is not a mistake. That was joke about his senile balding.

[@annach9398]

agree 😊

[@funny-video-YouTube-channel]

He speaks like an Italian mafia boss from the cinema :-) And he is right, a regular person who can use the digital tools effectively can be more powerful than the smartest person without digital tools.

[@noahaon007]

epSos.de i

[@OscarGeronimo]

...or a debt collector from Glasgow.

[@Chris.M]

Garry is a legend, and he is a great speaker too. He nearly has zero Russian accent though...

[@Kacper-qp8kg]

There are some rumours of him being a gangster actually.

[@dylanw.8428]

He says no in British.

[@lucozade8373]

Wouldn't expect a chess genius to have so many jokes! Great talk

[@amitbhattrai7038]

Luco Zade But audience was dead😥

[@chadoftoons]

Harsh accent for people who might never heard him before

[@katerinazhilina]

actually he is armenian ))) see what "armenian radio" or "Radio Yerevan jokes" is ))) - it's a mem in ex-USSR

[@labradorcanada7344]

As a chess player, this makes me like him even more

[@DaWolf805]

Try watching Ben Finegold lecture about chess sometime. Grandmasters can be funny too!

[@hiimlucy3921]

You can't hate this guy, he's got such a great personality.

[@nilsp9426]

I would agree to a certain point, he is so passionate, engaging, motivating and creative. But when you see his political activity or the cult around his person you might find out that a perfect person does not exist, and some people might actually hate him (not me though :D).

[@katerinazhilina]

hate? why?.. beacause he does not support Putin?... is this enough? may be he is not the smartest polititian, but why hate for that

[@raozain5776]

beautifull girl

[@hiimlucy3921]

blabla62871 so you're thinking I'm fake. Explain then

[@hiimlucy3921]

rao zain you're an idiot

[@shubhamsinha1330]

"no one remembers i won the first match ." i can feel the pain .

[@mediaman834]

That's EXACTLY what an intelligent machine would say! Hmmm....

[@xIPatchy]

Damn machines, masquerading around as former chess masters and the like. I ain't falling for it!

[@thechxshirecat]

MediaMan that's true, how shall we tell the difference :O

[@Tyrannimarja]

MayainWonderland Do we have to tell them apart, if we are to combine our best?

[@thechxshirecat]

Tony Kunnari If we were to work together, nothing could stand in our way

[@Tyrannimarja]

MayainWonderland Except the next level entity which is one step ahead, if any exists that is.

[@user-tw2nc3fv7z]

2:50 Nobody remembers that I won the first match😂😂

[@Jonmad17]

What a pimp

[@sebastiankrein8532]

This whole thing might be the reason to point that out again 😂

[@beerkenstein]

To be honest years have passed between the matches, and the algorithm was constantly developed during that time. So winning the first match was not against the same machine as the one that beat Kasparov in '97.

[@mattkim96]

@@beerkenstein True, but having watched about a dozen videos by grandmasters and international masters analyzing both matches assisted with modern engines and decades of peer analysis, both of the games themselves and the situation surrounding the matches with Kasparov and ibm, it seems to me most gms believe that Kasparov was still the stronger player even in 1997. Of special note is game 6 in their second match when kasparov knowingly and very intentionally played into an opening trap, believing incorrectly that deep blue would be too materialistic to make the required sacrifice to capitalize. Had he been playing against any top human GM of his time he never would have played into that well known losing line. Modern consensus seems to be that Kasparov stuck a bit too stubbornly to his anti-computer tactics learned from the ‘96 match he won against deep blue. He was also possibly beset by the idea that deep blue may have been assisted by human gms, a notion that was denied by ibm and that neither modern gms nor Kasparov himself believe today anymore, but the suspicion itself may have had an impact on the way he approached the match.

[@amitbhattrai7038]

Amazing to see Garry speak😃

[@polar3849]

Amit Bhattrai truee :)

[@StrangerHappened]

It is amazing to see a person who is such a genius in terms of pure mind, but so misguided in politics.

[@nikwolver8370]

@Stranger Happened Ooooor... :P

[@LuisManuelLealDias]

why is kasparov misguided in politics?

[@StrangerHappened]

1. "Misguided" because he has become corporate establishment neolib tool, smearing Bernard Sanders during the primaries, he also supported corrupt war monger Hillary Clinton. 2. "Putin dictatorship" is much less of dictatorship versus the USA where Obama, unlike Putin, has repeatedly used military force without parliamentarian approval, and ordered to murder citizens of the country without a trial (at least two of such cases were confirmed by the Obama administration, including the murder of 16 year old lad via a drone strike).

[@warblerab2955]

not only is Kasparov a great chess player, he is a smart guy, a philosopher, and an excellent speaker.

[@user-je1ck6vw7g]

No smart difinetly not a philosopher , nothing just some ... Old man traching talk to be the next russai brisident witch he will not become literally 😂 ?!...

[@chonaibay3339]

​@@user-je1ck6vw7gur just an idot

[@another_one8783]

And an enemy of the evil tyranny.

[@varisa6566]

Every movie where machines take over the wolrd has a scene like this.

[@hayleylongster4698]

Heh. A "too busy thinking about whether they could to think about whether they should" moment ;)

[@Lenz2010]

:DDDDD

[@oliverupload]

Those movies were made by people too though

[@magicalsleepmusic9258]

Then you watch movies with pc or phones

[@szymonsokolinski9907]

@@oliverupload or were they? *vsauce music plays*

[@PaladinswordSaurfang]

"I for one welcome our new robot overlords" - Garry Kasparov

[@colorzoomer6861]

Why has nobody responded to this comment? It's a clever one!

[@secretservice1816]

Amen!

[@theaveragegenius1376]

Great speech by kasparov.

[@hitrapperandartistdababy]

The fact that Kasparov beat a super computer not once but a few times and it was so close to a tie really says alot about how utterly genius he is, he knew computers back then lacked the pattern recognition of certain well hidden moves and played very patiently until the computer was out of moves

[@Heatwave9000]

It was only considered a supercomputer at the time but its weak asf compared to today

[@jolness1]

Him fidgeting and obviously having a bit of a panic in the 1997 matches is iconic to me, he was crushed, the pressure of the "Man vs Machine" thing had gotten to him. It is so cool to see him advocating for the use of "intelligent" machines as an adjunct to our own intelligence to push ourselves further as a species. Great talk.

[@G_G251]

The problem is almost never with the technology itself. The problem is with the people/institutions that develop the technology and the reasons they do it for.

[@tomo4977]

G_Guy001 but there maybe one day the computer chooses exactly what reason it has been developed for, for itself...

[@G_G251]

I agree, but the initial conditions and learning are important. For example, an intelligent flying machine with the latest weaponry capabilities that's been programmed to annihilate specific patterns it detects on the ground is different than an intelligent machine that's been built to manage a vertical farm.

[@DylansWaffles]

They want the $$$. I just hope machines don't get out of hand and take over everything, or if they do, that I'll be long gone and not have to suffer from it.

[@nofanfelani6924]

Same with the laws. The law it self is good, but some people who enforced it are corrupt and useless

[@ryanchung2001]

@@tomo4977 kkkk

[@erhaveas]

It is amazing to see the grace with which Gary Kasparov has embraced the very technology that defeated him 20 years ago. Wonderful.

[@motomoto6902]

His vocabulary of English is impressive for a guy from the Soviet era

[@kselka1]

I know I consider myself bilingual but went to check the dictionary a couple times

[@m_uz1244]

It's probably because he was pretty much a human phenomenon around the entire world, in his prime he was as a chess player considered completely unassailable, the only one to give him a run for his money was another Russian. And so of course it was not only the Soviets but Americans, French and many others who were interested in him as a player.

[@havegottogitgud1864]

He moved to New York City in 2013.

[@mohammadsalihassan6297]

He is the GOAT of Chess.

[@elder.batista]

People like him are world citizens

[@BlizzyFoxTF]

The one TED talk I'm actually invested into. I always wanted a modern day response from Garry on the legendary deep blue match, given how pissed off he looked that day he lost. 20 years and things have changed drastically, and I'm glad to learn that he no longer has those sentiments but instead has so many grand thoughts on the implication of the match and ai future.

[@gdsylver1223]

Garry is such a great speaker.

[@Aliensarethinking]

This session/speech will go down in history as one of the greatest stories ever told about man and machine.

[@TheFastStacker19]

15 minute video put up less than 15 minutes ago and already 9 dislikes. I swear people do this because they think hating on these videos is "edgy"

[@nilsp9426]

Or they think that his passion for technology is naive. Some people have bitter experiences with technology, like being fired from their job during the process of automization. I do not say these people are right, but their reaction might be very understandable ;)

[@TheFastStacker19]

that's a fair point, but at least give it a listen before you give it a like or dislike.

[@nofanfelani6924]

Hurr Durr I will dislike this video, look how edgy am i !! *giggles

[@Ragnarok540]

Irony is that often thumbs down are made by bots.

[@carsoneastman5709]

And yet no one ever complains about likes before people have watched the full video

[@brendarua01]

What a wonderful presentation! Thank you TED.

[@user-bx9jo3pi6z]

Goat of chess and an amazing public speaker... i have listened to many of his talks and he seems to have come to grips with losing to the machine... painful as it was for him... always love to listen to him speak

[@GuyWithAnAmazingHat]

I think that the fear of robots and AI is a very Western attitude to have due to dystopian sci-fi and movies like Terminator. Here in Asia, our robotics and AI are developed towards working with humans. Unlike the Borg and Cybermen, we don't antagonise AI and robots, instead we have a sci-fi culture where humans work with robots and integrate with them to become better than each other. This is especially true in the mecha anime genre and even pre-mecha anime like Astroboy where the hero is a robot himself. In mecha, humans are empowered by robots to help humanity solve conflict. Everything from harder sci-fi like Ghost in Shell where humans literally integrate with AI to become stronger to children's shows like Power Rangers and Masked Rider are about being empowered by robots and AI.

[@alphaengineering1278]

GuyWithAnAmazingHat and how about automation?

[@sqweed653]

GuyWithAnAmazingHat Go watch "Singularity - Humanitys last invention"

[@cristianpok1]

I noticed the difference of views too,which I find quite annoying because the main reason(one of,but imo the most important) why the west dominates in term of QOL and economy is because of advancements in technology(before the industrial revolution China was a bigger and better country than anyone in the west but after that UK and western Europe advanced rapidly). You can see this view of the opinion on technology on the adaptations of Ghost in the Shell.The Japanese version has progressive views and technology is used in humans advantaged,but (from what I heard, I couldn't bring myself to watch that movie) the western adaptation in the end rejects technology advantage and value individualism and traditionalism more.

[@Lenz2010]

very nice prospective. I never saw it that way O.o' thank you for teaching me and making me smarter ^^

[@ruofanyu6699]

machine dystopia is a self-fulfilling prophecy if anything. if you teach humans to fear their own creations for no reason, then that is what is going to end up antagonising them. also, lol at all the triggered westerners in this thread

[@_HaSSaaN_]

I knew something big is coming from this legend and I wasn't wrong, "There's one thing only a human can do. That's dream! So let us dream big." Damn 👏

[@ducanhdinh8574]

Garry Kasparov is not only one of the best chess players of all time, he is also the most charismatic, and that's why I admire him so much. Chess has had its fair share of champions who either went insane or are introverted and keep to themselves a lot. Kasparov is always so outspoken, so confident, it is clearly reflected in his body language, and even in chess he was always playing aggressive against the calmer positional players like Karpov.

[@davidyang1207]

this is probably my personally favorite ted talk... What an amazing guy, one of the best attacking players ever.

[@oatbobby]

only became aware of this man recently....i love him...he talks so candidly and with so much sense

[@p3tr0114]

It seems after 20 years of "deep thought" Kasparov has finally accepted that the IBM team didn't cheat.

[@ArminMe]

still half of his talk seems like btthurt stuff. :D

[@zoetje9817]

They used an engine though…

[@CalvinNoire]

@@zoetje9817 i mean you are not wrong.

[@annach9398]

😂👍

[@beena2730]

He is a great teacher..good verbal skills.. no wonder why magnus became soo good after coaching under him

[@Krrrimmi]

I only read this on newspaper Sports section back in Feb. '96. It was huge talk among my chess player classmates back in highdchool. Thanx for uploading this. 👑

[@angdalco5533]

Elegance, humour, perfection of the statements and the deductions involved... that's no less and no more but a genius, named... Garry KASPAROV. He could be just great, but he has chosen to be wonderful. Thanks very much.

[@pacob9897]

The video is very good, it tells the story of his life and how he has won several chess championships, but it also says that the computer has evolved in such a way that machines now manage and win chess games and how machines have already overtaken us

[@pranavramraj5141]

One of the best Ted talks I’ve seen - from the OG of chess

[@mohamedyusuf4777]

There are few man who I respect as much as Gary.

[@PhillipAmthor]

He cute as hecc He gets all the respecc But most important *he wins his title bacc*

[@alexandrevaliquette1941]

Very inspiring. Thank you M. Kasparov. Btw, congrats for your 1st win on Deep Blue, I just didn't know!!! Alexandre from Québec, Canada

[@fugu777]

Very impressive and sincere speech from man who can state such things based on his human superiority and unique but sad experience in that human-machine struggle.

[@renobgm]

I genuinely love this man and how he delivers the best points.

[@VivekSingh-sc5bf]

Amazing to see Garry Sir in Ted talks... Respect from India

[@valaha]

wow, Garry surprised me. He did a such awesome speech. I really liked it. Thank You, Garry.

[@DonAmnesia]

People are resistant to change, afraid to leave their comfort zone. Technology is the future, whether you like it or not.

[@viniciusornelas2160]

I came to the conclusion that it's pointless arguing with people like that, they're nuts! If they don't like technology fine, go live on a cave and leave progress for us

[@brycer985]

@@viniciusornelas2160 - So you want a Social Credit system like China and to live in a transhumanist technocracy dominated by the 2%. Good on you.

[@viniciusornelas2160]

@@brycer985 it's impressive how people nowdays don't understand/don't get irony XD the world is trully batshit crazy

[@brycer985]

@@viniciusornelas2160 - I personally for one dont want the government to decide on driverless cars because of euphamistic terms like "Safety" and conveiniance. I dont want big brother micromanaging me. But you think people are batshit crazy for questioning this?

[@brycer985]

@@viniciusornelas2160 - Welcome to your Smart cities program. Just embrace it. I think Kasparov is a communist. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYHVimqke8eqd7s

[@aRawalji]

"Technology has removed difficulties and uncertanties. And so we must seek out evermore difficult and uncertain challenges" - If so, then why does life still feel too "busy" to worry about these other challenges? If not us, then who is taking them on? This was a very thought-provoking talk.

[@Danumurti18]

He knows alot of history and very good at telling stories. Awesome!

[@sarasimon2662]

The content of this video shows us the change that occurs over time and the evolution of the machines that for our benefit facilitates our day-to-day work in the place where we employ them or develop professionally to fulfill our purpose common well they play, not faster.

[@jaimealejandroangelquiroz4871]

Un genio que juega al ajedrez, me siento privilegiado de escuchar su discurso, grande Kasparov¡

[@pettPette]

First time I paid attention to this man even though I admired his intelligence long time ago. I love this video. He did not disappoint!

[@DeadSezSo]

After a couple videos of kasparovs, I can't help but admire the man

[@whatever_it_takes6691]

I really needed this discussion. Thank you for uploading.

[@persereikanen6518]

Garry Kasparov. My lifetime idol and the best chessplayer of alltime 🙏

[@nilsp9426]

Chess players learned how to use machines to their advantage. We love that, because their purpose is to be as pristine at the game of chess, as possible. But this talk crucially omits what happens when you swap out the purpose to something (potentially) harmful. I think the human challenge with technology includes a certain level of control over the use of technology. The more powerful it gets, the more important is the question of its purpose of use. But ultimately, a misused weapon is a human failure. Either we failed to have restraint or we failed to provide the proper mode of access to its use. And the story of atomic bombs shows, that we can both fail and succeed in preventing disaster. As much as i passionately agree with Garry Kasparov (as a chess fan and chess player myself), I think is last message is a bit naive. What is important though from his talk is that we should overcome the fear of losing self-esteem and status in view of technology. Even if we lose our current status (e.g. as a coal miner), if united with the machine we can strive for much more than before and win self-esteem and status (e.g. as a mining engineer).

[@thechxshirecat]

Love this guys personality. Great title for a great talk!

[@igorparreiras3877]

It´s a great talk, sometimes we face some doubts about how the technology impact our lifes and our future, but what Garry says really improve my ideia of what we need to do, we don´t need to be fear, but we need to learn how to live togheter with smart machines and all that it´s doing in our society, it´s possible, but this can take a while to be accepted for some people!

[@adarshbelavatagi8920]

WOW, what a storyteller Kasparov is. Amazing

[@JKafle]

Interesting perspective from a Chess GM about AI / Intelligent Machine . This is a killer line of this debate - 'You won't send your kid to a self driving school even with 99% accuracy'

[@flitzert3716]

The way of he speech is so beautiful

[@amvsodd]

Now we can see clearly, what's IA is capable of, making a new era in our world, Garry was right.

[@harshprajapati763]

great speech i have ever seen and listen in my life by 12 time world champion

[@TheAngryAstronomer]

He sounds like Gru. Just sayin'.

[@AvgJane19]

Gogglesaurus lol I just rewatched despicable me and that's immediately what came to mind

[@yodamaster757]

Gogglesaurus - Yes

[@emilycaballero6052]

I CAN'T UNHEAR

[@mcmintyfresh4992]

Argus FPV Gru sounds like him *

[@johnnyhan6671]

i feel like he IS Gru maybe he actually is the actor for gru lol

[@Arthur-mf8lk]

"Machines have calculation. We have understanding. Machines have instructions. We have purpose" Wow! This is deep. 👏

[@akashbhalotia317]

This is one of the best TED videos I've ever seen

[@Martvandelay]

Who doesn't love Kasparov? He's incredible, genius and very, very funny!

[@kosmosyche]

You'd be surprised how many people in his homeland - Russia hate him and call him an idiot or even a traitor. Mostly because of his political activism and views.

[@Martvandelay]

@@kosmosyche No, that doesn't surprise me. But then again, that whole country is completely off its rockers...

[@user-lu2ez5ot5s]

@@kosmosyche Not even true. Many people agree with him.

[@user-lu2ez5ot5s]

@@Martvandelay Say that after your country will stop to spread "democracy" in the middle east

[@kosmosyche]

What is not true? Many people do agree with him, and I didn't say otherwise. But many people do hate him for his views, so where's the untrue part?

[@FirstLast-uf7wg]

This guy should be running Russia

[@lordspongebobofhousesquare1616]

well he's definitely trying to do that

[@antonygonzalez1672]

@@lordspongebobofhousesquare1616 imagine an chess champion running Russia😬😂

[@mauriciotaylor5065]

He can be a chess legend, but he's not opponent to Putin Putin is a political legend

[@user-no4di9ro7c]

@@mauriciotaylor5065 no...

[@soban8629]

@@antonygonzalez1672 a former cricket player is running pakistan so we can't be sure xD

[@Chribit]

thank you sir! you're a legend.

[@gajendrabasavaraju]

Excellent speech by my favorite GM Garry

[@aidanm6916]

This guy is amazing

[@shattered2137]

"this guy" lmao

[@cardbored5961]

he's not just "a guy". it's garry kasparov. one of the best chess players to ever exist and had the calculations of a computer.

[@macobuzi]

I know right? He should thinking about pursuing chess career since he 's while good at it.

[@mikebeta1796]

one of the most intelligent guyz around on this planet ,,,

[@andrejvirag]

Great video! Thank You very much!

[@dimitrijensk2845]

11:10 that is an excellent analogy

[@bestmedever]

Garry kasparov is just an amazing guy! ☑

[@Hanlb]

He sounds like he's making a speech about stealing the moon.

[@norukamo]

underrated comment. up you go.

[@ploopybear]

😂😂

[@cardbored5961]

Garry Kasparov = Gru

[@FlashDAH]

4min in and I am loving the angle he is throwing light on

[@ikaika222]

By far the best Ted I have ever heard

[@fara1792]

Только подписался на канал ,а уже знакомые лица))

[@muradismailov9702]

The Zero (Alpha and Leela) are dominating the chess world today. This concept is perfect. Learning from your owns mistakes and never make them again proved to be the best chess strategy which could easily defeat ex god of chess Stockfish. Way to go, Zero!

[@karthickgiri7267]

One of the best powerful speech!!!

[@sabidinibrahim7501]

Wonderful Talk from a wonderful mind!

[@mmuschalik]

Well said, my god. From someone who had his ego crushed. Respect, sir!

[@oleksiistarodub1122]

why do you think his ego crushed?

[@flanbenflen9069]

@@oleksiistarodub1122 never most a match before, has an ego the size of the universe itself, of course he was crushed.

[@aiswarya3461]

Inspiring !!!

[@frasson.mateus]

I've always admired Mr. Kasparov, a great champion

[@sheikhmohsin7697]

Great speech on man and Machine....We will move fast with the collaboration of Man and machie in future..

[@openclassics]

There are two chessplayers, I like. Not of their WM, but staying faithfull as nice and empathic humans all their life: Garry and Magnus.

[@okman9684]

This aged well like fine 🥛

[@gustavporsche1446]

Now that's what I call an inspiring speech!

[@arquimedesamaya5650]

Excellent video! Thanks very much Indeed!

[@abdullahchhab2325]

I love him. An ethical and intelligent person. All love from Syria.

[@dyatlov3466]

"Our humanity is not define by Any skill, like swinging a hammer or even playing chess. There's one thing only human can do. That's dream". So let us dream big! Wise words here.

[@torvaderon]

Great talk. Love the man.

[@applepine613]

I just said that his english skill are amazing for a native russian speakers, he speak it very fluently, and in other video he speak russian fluently, what a genius.

[@lorddashme]

Kasparov: Dream big! Me: Dream to have conversation with you sir!

[@randombanana640]

well if you interrupt him when he's thinking about chess match , you won't see your family ever again

[@lucasjnogueira]

2:59 it would be very opportune to call him the “Sarcasm King”

[@micro_hardcore]

A great talk!

[@theiller5554]

Idk how many times i already saw this, but it's always awesome :D

[@yodamaster757]

He sounds like Gru from despicable me

[@medexamtoolsdotcom]

Actually he kind of sounds like these guys kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJ-4p2Wcnausa6c

[@ldx748]

Nice pp

[@DarkFlames42]

Wtf is your pfp...

[@or4cle445]

now you can't unhear it

[@sanketbhandari5981]

Maybe Steve Carrell could play Kasparov in his biopic

[@gaminawulfsdottir3253]

"...machines were weak... and my hair was strong..."

[@SkiDaBird]

Really interesting to come back to this in 2024.

[@user-wb7bk9hu9v]

He is a genius at chess, a genius writer, and a genius in public speaking!!!

[@64standardtrickyness]

Do you ever worry that machines will rise to a level where humans can add nothing. That human ideas of strategy, experience, intuition are childs play compared to machine created concepts? We have already seen that eliminating human strategy altogether has resulted in a stronger Go AI alphago zero

[@veliki_dlek]

Absolutely, but at that point Artificial intelligence will be on an insane level.

[@JosephRoy15]

Maybe this guy is a synth and we just didn't know it. Someone should notify the brotherhood about this guy.

[@stevennababan6159]

Wonderful speech!

[@illmtoloko]

beautiful speech