The Man vs. The Machine

The Man vs. The Machine

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2014-10-22

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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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.

Released

2014-10-22

Runtime

18

Director

Ryan Suffern

Budget

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Revenue

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Genres

Documentary

Language

English

Production

The Kennedy/Marshall Company

FiveThirtyEight

ESPN Films

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    Nate Silver

    Nate Silver
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    Jeremy Schaap

    Jeremy Schaap
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    Bruce Pandolfini

    Bruce Pandolfini
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    Maurice Ashley

    Maurice Ashley
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    Joel Benjamin

    Joel Benjamin