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The Man vs. The Machine

2014

18 minutes

Documentary

Overview

On May 2,1997, Garry Kasparov, arguably the greatest human chess player ever, sat down in New York City to do battle with IBM's chess-playing computer, Deep Blue. While the much hyped match of man versus machine consisted of six chess games over nine days, there are many who would claim the entire contest was decided in just one move. This short documentary tells the epic tale of how mankind lost to the machine and highlighting what may have been man's ultimate downfall…having emotions.

Top Cast

Nate Silver headshot

Nate Silver

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Jeremy Schaap headshot

Jeremy Schaap

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Bruce Pandolfini headshot

Bruce Pandolfini

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Maurice Ashley headshot

Maurice Ashley

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Joel Benjamin headshot

Joel Benjamin

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