Garry Kasparov on AI: 'People always called me an optimist' – TechCrunch

Garry Kasparov is a political activist who's written books and articles on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and online privacy, but he's best known for being the former World Chess Champion who took on the IBM computer known as Big Blue in the mid-1990s. I spoke to Kasparov before a speaking engagement at the Collision Conference last month where he was participating in his role as Avast Security Ambassador. Our discussion covered a lot of ground, from his role as security ambassador to the role of AI. (Transcribed questions and answers were edited for clarity.) TechCrunch: How did you become a security ambassador for Avast? Garry Kasparov: It started almost by accident.