july

Prior to AI superceding humans at chess, I had somehow thought that people would just stop playing chess once it had happened. In hindsight thats craziness; just because someone or something else is better at you than a thing doesn't make it unenjoyable. 

But what surprised me is that AFAICT people are still more interested in humans playing chess, than they are in AI chess games (I see Magnus Carlsen clips on social media, I don't see AI games replayed).

I don't entirely know what the take away is here. Maybe that it's only partly about the chess, but also largely about the people and the stories and their struggles. Feel important though.


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I think the main reasons is AI chess doesn't make any sense.  Hell, even classical has way less viewership than rapid/blitz chess (lumping streaming in here), because the ideas are incredibly complex to the average player. I think as far as viewership it's more "can I understand what's happening in this position". The people and stories are definitely a help too, for example pogchamps is pretty popular every year as well, and they aren't 'good' but they tend to be more recognizable.

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