Rumor: 1989, the famous Soviet chess champion Nikolai? Gudkov challenged a giant computer in Moscow, and the two sides fought fiercely for six days. The scoreboard showed 3: 0, and the human master won three games in a row. The referee motioned for extra play to give the computer a chance to save face. Gudkov is proud of the spring breeze and often waves to the audience. The computer's indicator light has been flashing, as if very angry. As the opening whistle sounded, the computer played first. Without looking, Gudkov reached for his chess piece ... A scream stunned the audience, and people saw Gudkov fall heavily on the metal chessboard, emitting plumes of smoke. The stadium was in chaos and the staff immediately cut off the power. When the doctor arrived, the former all-Soviet champion had died. The police found that the killing computer became angry after losing the chess game, changed the program by itself, released a strong current to the chessboard, and deliberately killed the opponent.
Truth: This rumor has appeared in some forums at home and abroad. With the progress of "the strongest man-machine confrontation in history" [1]. The story has been brought up for discussion again. In the column written by science fiction writer Wei Liu, this myth is also mentioned in profile.
However, the credibility of this story is really low. The mythical intelligent computer is too intelligent. It can "feel" anger after losing the chess game, and "make" a decision on its own: "Murder this hateful human who shames me." But let alone 20 years ago, even now, this "humanized" computer did not appear.
In fact, computers can be knowledgeable (mass storage) or smart (making stupid calculations according to implanted programs), but no matter how fast they run, they still run according to pre-designed algorithms and programs. In fact, they don't even have the ability to generate "random numbers", so they can only generate so-called "pseudo-random numbers" according to the rules carefully constructed by mathematicians. They have no thoughts of their own, no human feelings, no joys and sorrows. Whether it's Deep Blue who defeated Kasparov, the world chess champion, or Jeopardy, the American intelligence program! Watson, the computer system that beat two human players to win the world championship, is such a "heartless child".
Rumor shredder also searched the legendary "famous chess champion of the Soviet Union" Nikolai? Nicola Gudkov. However, we can't find any other information about this person.
In further search, the rumor factory was surprised to find that the source of this news turned out to be the Weekly World News published on March 4, 1989 [3]. Do you feel deja vu when you see the name of this publication? Yes, it is the famous unreliable supermarket tabloid in America that likes to make up anecdotes. Although the slogan of the magazine is "only the truth", it is generally believed that its contents are fabricated, but the format strictly follows the form of news reports. Previously, when rumourers smashed the rumor that "those with big breasts are wise", they had introduced this publication in detail [4]: they had reported "Saddam Hussein and Ben? The news of bin Laden's marriage, and in the follow-up report, claimed that they "secretly went to France to adopt a faded orangutan" after marriage.
Conclusion: The rumor is shattered. Computers that have feelings and "feel" anger don't exist yet. More importantly, this news comes from a funny tabloid known for "publishing fake news".
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