Quiz: Two Paths of AI

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Module 2 · Quiz

Check Your Understanding

Answer all questions correctly to complete this module.

Check Your Understanding

Answer all questions correctly to complete this module.

1. What is the fundamental difference between Deep Blue's approach and AlphaZero's approach to chess?

Deep Blue was faster than AlphaZero Deep Blue used brute-force calculation of millions of positions; AlphaZero taught itself by playing millions of games and developing intuition-like pattern recognition AlphaZero was programmed with more chess rules Deep Blue could only play chess while AlphaZero could play any game

2. In the 1997 Kasparov vs Deep Blue match, what advantage did Kasparov have that Deep Blue did not?

Faster calculation speed More memory Positional intuition — the ability to feel when a position was good or bad without calculating every variation Better opening preparation

3. What does the Deep Blue story reveal about how current AI (like ChatGPT) works?

AI thinks exactly like humans do AI is conscious and understands what it's doing AI processes patterns from training data at massive scale — it's sophisticated pattern matching, not understanding, which explains both its strengths and its failures AI has completely surpassed human intelligence

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