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hess grandmaster Garry Kasparov says that when he was beaten by IBM's Deep Blue supercomputer in 1997, he was "the first knowledge worker whose job was threatened by a machine."
He warns that most Americans are next.
Kasparov gave a searing interview with WIRED's Will Knight last week during an AI conference in New York. He repeatedly predicted that the rapid expansion of AI will threaten the majority of jobs in the US.
Image: World chess champion Garry Kasparov studies the board shortly before game two of the match against the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue (R), May 4. This was only the second time in history that a computer program has defeated a reigning world champion in a classical chess format. The Russian grandmaster, who won game one May 3, lost game two after 45 moves and 3 hours and 42 minutes of play. Kasparov will play six games against Deep Blue in a re-match of their first contest in 1996. Reuters
