Checkers and chess have some obvious similarities ... assuming you’ll be able to find a business use for whatever strikes their fancy? Are you proactively finding ways of maximizing the benefits ...

It's a nicety, but not a necessity, and definitely not something I suspect many people actually make use of. It would also help explain why the Pixel Tablet has such a boring and muted design ...

Apparently, practical chess programs still use the techniques he outlined ... consider a 4×4 checkerboard with four red checkers on one side and four black checkers on the other.

If you’ve ever played chess or even checkers, you’ve probably thought about making a board that lets a computer play you without having to enter your moves and look at the board on a screen.

“We’re going to see a tidal wave of activity in terms of AI use cases,” Ives predicted ... “Jensen plays chess while others are playing checkers. Blackwell demand is insane.” ...