A reader writes:
Your reader's observation is even more true than they may have imagined. According to this article by Gary Kasparov, "The chess machine Hydra, which is a chess-specific supercomputer like Deep Blue, [is] no match for a strong human player using a relatively weak laptop. Human strategic guidance combined with the tactical acuity of a computer [is] overwhelming." Although computers may have passed humans in chess ability, the two working together are by far the strongest.
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