Human intelligence combined with computer processes
Kasparov talked about ‘freestyle’ chess tournaments, including his own, where humans were allowed to partner with computers in any combination. In one 2005 tournament where the player’s and team’s identities were concealed until the end, the winner was revealed to be not a chess grandmaster teamed up with a Deep Blue, but a pair of average players with a few ordinary home PCs. What, then, was their secret sauce? The processes, or the software, had the least amount of friction, with well designed data analysis tools and user interface. This allowed the average human/average computer/smart process combination to win out over the smart human/smart computer/inferior process combination. It also showed that faster computers aren’t everything, but more intelligent software is needed. (source)
Yes, yes, a million times yes!
