Man vs. the Machine: Transparency wins

Artificial intelligence (AI) keeps making news. It was front and center at the recent Code Conference and discussions since have covered everything from how quickly the technology will develop to what sectors will be impacted first--and whether we have anything to fear. With respect to that, concerns about who will control AI and how it will be used are coupled with calls for transparency. A new take on the man-versus-machine chess match, a contest that's symbolized the evolution of machine learning ever since Garry Kasparov beat IBM's Deep Blue twenty years ago, got me reconsidering what transparency in AI really means. "The Thinking Machine 6" is the latest iteration of a project that was introduced in 2002.