In a unique challenge with OpenAI's ChatGPT artificial intelligence, Magnus Carlsen - the world's number one chess player easily defeated AI without losing a single player.
The competition took place on a chat platform, when Carlsen came up with the idea of playing chess with chatbot on a long trip. He and ChatGPT only use chess symbols to perform the moves without needing to go to the chessboard or visual images.
Carlsen took the black leadership and chose to open the Philidor defense, a famous game named after the great French composer and goalkeeper, Francoise- Andre Philidor.
After 53 moves, Carlsen joined the team at h5 (Bxh5) and the White team - ChatGPT lost because they had lost all their good players, while Carlsen still kept all his players. AI kept praising Carlsen's playing style, saying that he handled the game very well and played very sharply.
Meanwhile, Carlsen also pointed out that ChatGPT is awkward in handling complex situations, especially during the pilot phase.
The highlight of the competition was the "assessment" of Carlsen's level from ChatGPT. When Carlsen asked the AI about his chess ability, ChatGPT confirmed that the Norwegian goalkeeper had understanding of the game, patience, sharp strategy and good finishing techniques.
However, AI believes that Carlsen can only reach Elo of 1,800 to 2,000, a figure much lower than the real estate of Carlsen, a player with Elo that has surpassed 2,800.
ChatGPT's answer surprised both the chess community and fans. Chess.com shared that the Elo 1,800 ma Al for Carlsen is "really strong". However, this also reflects an interesting reality about the level of AI in chess, that is, despite making great strides, ChatGPT is still only strong in the initial stage and has not been able to handle complex chess situations well.
Although it easily defeated ChatGPT, Carlsen is still not a rival to specialized chess software such as Stockfish or Leela Chess Zero (Lc0). With Elo exceeding 3,700, these software are still of a completely different level.
In a recent match, Lc0 "claimed the car" and defeated hikaru Nakamura, the world's number 2 goalkeeper, with a score of 9.5-4.5. This shows the difference in qualifications between specialized AI and human goalkeepers.
