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ChatGPT destroyed in chess match by 48-year-old Atari 2600 despite claiming it would win easily

ChatGPT lost a chess match to an emulated Atari 2600 after volunteering to take on the almost 50-year-old console.

The face-off began as a “simple experiment,” according to Citrix engineer Robert Jr. Caruso, who said the large language model “volunteered” to play Video Chess to discern how “quickly” it could beat the game. Providing further detail, Caruso said that ChatGPT was unable to reliably understand the function and limitations of each chess piece, losing track of previous moves made. No rating: Hard to give an exact Elo, but likely plays at a beginner to intermediate club level, depending on the position and version you’re using.

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