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Elon Musk Reignites Years-Long Feud With Chess.com After Bold Claim, Calls Admin An 'Intern' In Online Spat
Chess.com said Musk confused legal positions with possible games as the billionaire repeated that AI will solve chess one day.
- On Thursday, Elon Musk wrote on X that chess will be "fully solved one day," claiming the number of non-stupid moves is tiny. The Chess.com account immediately challenged his expertise, sparking a heated exchange.
- This exchange extends a rivalry between Musk and the platform stretching back nearly four years to December 2022, when Musk dismissed chess as "too simple" compared to real-world scenarios, prompting Chess.com to issue a rebuttal.
- Musk referred to the account manager as an "intern," drawing a correction that they are a full-time employee. Chess.com later replied with a "skill issue" jab, questioning Musk's grasp of complex rules like castling and en passant.
- Chess.com spokesperson Bianca Facey told USA Today that while losing a chess game is frustrating, "losing a Twitter fight to a so-called intern must be maddening." Many users sided with the platform, sharing memes about the exchange.
- Musk defended his stance by arguing legal chess positions are about 40 orders of magnitude less than atoms in the universe, suggesting artificial superintelligence will eventually solve the game. Chess.com countered that more possible games exist than atoms, making mapping impossible.
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Elon Musk Reignites Years-Long Feud With Chess.com After Bold Claim, Calls Admin An 'Intern' In Online Spat
Elon Musk and Chess.com reignite their feud over chess's complexity, with Musk claiming it will be solved like checkers, sparking a lively exchange on social media.
·New York, United States
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Elon Musk humiliated in public spat with world's biggest chess website
Tech tycoon Elon Musk humiliated himself by getting into a fight over chess with the most prominent website about the game.It started on Thursday when he proclaimed confidently on his X platform, "The actual number of moves that are not utterly stupid in chess is tiny and chess will be fully solved one day.""Skill issue," wrote back the account for Chess.com."Chess is hard for humans, but not for computers," Musk replied early on Friday morning,…
·Washington, United States
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