Garry Kasparov, who lost to IBM's Deep Blue nearly 30 years ago, argues that despite legitimate AI risks, democratic societies should embrace a positive vision for artificial intelligence's transformative potential in medicine, transportation, and everyday life, rather than succumbing to apocalyptic rhetoric. He calls for coherent leadership to articulate AI's benefits as a national priority, similar to the moonshot case made for space exploration.
A web-based emulator for the IBM 1620 Model-2, a 1960s transistorized decimal computer designed for scientific and engineering applications. About 2,000 systems were produced between 1959 and 1970, featuring a two-address memory architecture and supporting software like SPS assembler and FORTRAN II. The project aims to emulate the Model 2 variant and recover historical software.