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hnfongtoday at 3:55 AM1 replyview on HN

Every time computers master a skill that was previously thought to require a lot of intelligence/knowledge/ingenuity, people suddenly claim that it wasn't that hard after all.

- Non-trivial arithmetic

- Puzzles involving combinatorics

- Chess

etc. etc.


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8n4vidtmkvmktoday at 4:19 AM

When was chess ever not hard?

Afaik the best AIs can win now but even they aren't playing 'perfect' unloseable games.