Nirvana!

I was in my first year of engineering in May 1997 when the rematch between Garry Kasparov and Deep Blue was held in NY. Being novices in the field of Comp Science, we were very enthusiastic to know each and every happening in the world of computers. I remember those discussions we used to have in the hostel mess and in college, intently following the Chess matches between a Human genius and a super computer. We were both shocked and amazed when Garry Kasparov lost and Deep Blue was declared the winner. We thought for ourselves and opined that Computer Science has indeed a bright future 😇 Reading 'Deep Thinking' was a journey not just into the past but also a lesson in how to adapt to changing times in the present and future from the man who has seen machine intelligence from up close.  Chess was our pastime during train journeys between Mysore to Bengaluru and consequently kept track on most of the things that was happening in the chess world too. Kasparov was