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The Man vs. The Machine

The Man vs. The Machine

2014•18m
Documentary

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.

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Production

The Kennedy/Marshall Company, FiveThirtyEight, ESPN Films

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Nate Silver

Nate Silver

Self

Jeremy Schaap

Jeremy Schaap

Self

Bruce Pandolfini

Self

Maurice Ashley

Self

Joel Benjamin

Self

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