we’re at least two decades past that point
humans can no longer compete with computers in anything that can be reduced to pure computation
if you want to defeat a computer at something, you need to introduce elements for which mere computation is insufficient to evaluate them
Not quite. My post wasn't concerning computers vs humans, but that computers will eventually map out every possible move and countermove.
Found this on them interwebs:
The number of possible chess moves has been estimated to be even more than the number of atoms in the universe. The number of atoms in the universe is thought to be as many as 10 to the 81st, or 10 multiplied by itself 81 times, while the number of possible moves in chess is estimated to be 10 to the 120th.
That humans could no longer compete with computers was made clear when Big Blue beat Kasparov. Although, Gary had a good point when he pointed out that the computer was programmed specifically to beat him, being loaded with all of his previous games. I speculate (with nothing to back me up) that if another grandmaster would have taken Kasparov's place, he would have beaten the computer.
Of course, that was almost 20 years ago and computers have gained a great deal of power since then.