the BBC’s article prompted me to ponder one main question while reading: Why does this matter to me?
The rationale behind questioning the significance of this competition stems from the fact that tech firms have traditionally utilized chess as a benchmark for evaluating the capabilities and advancements of machine learning models. This practice has been so prevalent that today’s chess engines typically outmatch human players. However, chess does not equate to real-world scenarios.
With the abundance of news articles highlighting the advancements in AI, it may seem somewhat odd for me to sit here and criticize the reality that Grok was defeated by OpenAI in chess. Although it’s easy to interpret Elon Musk’s post on X regarding the result as just his usual self-promoting commentary, his insights on Grok’s chess performance being merely a byproduct are indeed quite accurate.
