Vinod Khosla contends that spectators crave the genuine human element in contests ranging from Formula 1 to chess, so pure human-versus-human formats will persist while AI competes in its own lanes. Grady Booch immediately counters by recalling how Deep Blue's 1997 victory over Kasparov generated worldwide fascination and front-page coverage, suggesting machine opponents can still captivate audiences under the right conditions.
We don’t as humans watch us race against cars or watch humans play chess against computers, competition will always be about humans against human performance. Authenticity of human performance and provenance will be in even more demand
@vkhosla "Can it win a formula 1 race soon", yes soon but f1 will remain human driven sport for a long time there will be E-F1 as a new sport for emerging self driven cars race to test the boundaries
Khosla sees little viewer interest in direct human-AI showdowns, yet Booch highlights the historic chess event's massive draw without clarifying whether that single case scales to motorsport or other athletic domains.
Both voices agree that provenance of human effort continues to matter, leaving open how promoters might blend or separate AI categories without diluting that appeal.
Users endorse Khosla's claim that Formula 1 will stay human-only because human drama, effort, and gradual improvement create the sport's essential appeal.
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@vkhosla How quickly you have forgotten @Kasparov63 and @ibm’s Deep Blue.
We don’t as humans watch us race against cars or watch humans play chess against computers, competition will always be about humans against human performance. Authenticity of human performance and provenance will be in even more demand
@vkhosla There are three main types of humans: Salt water (98%), fresh water (1.9%) & MOUNTAINS 🏔 (0.1%)
SALT water: they just do the job—$laves or Orc$
FRESH water: Come up with new ideas, to make the things better
MOUNTAINS🏔: They rise to change the direction of world 🌎
You are?
@vkhosla Human drama wins every time. F1 stays sacred.
@Grady_Booch @vkhosla @Kasparov63 @IBM Capstone
@Grady_Booch @vkhosla @Kasparov63 @IBM We all watched Kasparov vs Deep Blue though 👀
@vkhosla Human effort is what matters
Yes 🙌, it's just the essence in humans thriving to become better and performing well, improving gradually is what drives other humans to feel the same sense of community. The more we progress in AI, the more we will become more human and will get a sense of meaning, which is not fully disclosed yet.
@vkhosla Exactly. And chess competitions are more popular since computers can beat humans.
@vkhosla humans watched a computer beat the world chess champion and called it the match of the century
@Grady_Booch @vkhosla @Kasparov63 @IBM To the original point: Once a machine “beats” a human in something for the first time it is game over nobody cares about competition anymore. But humans competing against humans will live forever it seems. Hopefully humans loving humans too
@vkhosla I think the first games where computer played against human in chess and in go were quite followed.