Chess is a unique cognitive nexus, a place where art and science come together in the human mind and are then refined and improved by experience. Garry Kasparov More Quotes by Garry Kasparov More Quotes From Garry Kasparov In Syria, Vladimir pUTIN sees the chance to make millions of refugees and weaponise them. The US has to take a lead in defending the values of the free world. Garry Kasparov syria chance world Unfortunately, in Russia this "Asian mentality,"still comes to the fore. But at the same time, it is obvious that there is a certain orientation toward the West. In the end, this is a fragile balancing act between the Asian manner of governance and high living standards that are guaranteed through Western technology. Garry Kasparov russia technology west But we must not forget the effort undertaken by the ruling elite in Russia to manipulate Western politicians, businessmen as well as journalists. That's why [Vladimir] Putin's "fifth column" is that powerful in the West. Garry Kasparov effort russia powerful Kortchnoi's heritage is many-faceted - over the decades he has several times corrected and changed his style. But the main thing has invariably remained his search for chess truth. Garry Kasparov heritage style truth At a certain point, the atmosphere in the West could change. But I don't see determined political will [for that] at the moment. Garry Kasparov atmosphere political-will west So many dictators trying to blackmail the free world because they have no way to compete on ideas, innovation or creativity. The Cold War was two competing visions of the future. I was always anti-communist but it was an idea at least, an alternative idea. We do not have a competing vision for the future because the ideals of these dictators are in the past. They are time travellers. They need confrontation and destruction to survive. The problem is, many people in the free world are sympathetic to Vladimir Putin. Garry Kasparov creativity war past The legend of the best player of chess has been destroyed. Garry Kasparov legends player chess We have a saying that a stranger's soul is like a black box. Which is why I would not want to analyze [Vladimir] Putin's psychological motivations. Garry Kasparov black motivation soul For us to make sure that we have full lives, meaningful lives, we will have to elevate our unique human qualities. And I think we know now, we can see clearly what makes us different from machines. And that's why the future is enhanced humanity. Garry Kasparov unique meaningful thinking The West can't come up with anything to deal with Moscow, except appeasement. Garry Kasparov appeasement moscow west [Romans] never made any improvements on the cavalry. And amazingly, when you read the sources, they couldn't make it because stirrups were not known in Europe. For hundreds of years, the Romans couldn't make a cavalry which proved to be extremely effective. Garry Kasparov improvement europe years By the time a player becomes a Grandmaster, almost all of his training time is dedicated to work on this first phase. The opening is the only phase that holds out the potential for true creativity and doing something entirely new. Garry Kasparov training creativity player Somehow, AI is playing an important role of breaking up the ice of complacency. We have a comfortable life, we just don't want to take risks. AI is threatening too many comfortable jobs to make people think about taking risks again. Garry Kasparov risk people thinking I think we have very steady records of President Putin, who inherited the country with democratic values. Garry Kasparov president country thinking Chess is one of the few arts where composition takes place simultaneously with performance Garry Kasparov performances chess art Intelligent machines will continue that mechanization process, taking over the more menial aspects of cognition and elevating our mental lives towards creativity, curiosity, beauty, and joy. These are what truly makes us human. Garry Kasparov creativity intelligent joy There is no democracy in Russia. Dictators do not go away through the vote. Putin relies on riot police, thousands of them, with heavy equipment, fighting Russian youngsters from opposition. Garry Kasparov police democracy fighting We must be optimistic about the future because it's a self-fulfilling prophecy. If we are creative and ambitious, intelligent machines will liberate us and be as profound a boon to our prosperity as electricity. If we are fearful, and fail to press ahead, we could be overwhelmed by automation and inequality. Garry Kasparov optimistic intelligent profound There's the blazing Russian Caucasus, with an ongoing war all against all, which is not to be neglected. Garry Kasparov ongoing blazing war Besides problems of traditional societies, the Caucasus has to cope with quite a few unsettled territorial conflicts that also nurture authoritarian governmental structures. Garry Kasparov conflict structure problem
