Selects: A List Of Games You Would Surely Lose to a Computer

Josh and Chuck dive into the fascinating world of artificial intelligence through the lens of games that computers have mastered, starting with the incredible 18th-century hoax of the "Mechanical Turk" chess-playing automaton. They explore how chess became a benchmark for AI development, from early programming approaches to Deep Blue's historic victory over chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov in 1997. The episode examines the evolution of computer game-playing strategies and what these victories reveal about the advancing capabilities of artificial intelligence.