Answers.Body: <p>I would say not yet. I would think what is called AI (it is not actually AI but that's a different discussion) has made some people question how they approach chess and maybe led to some ideas but I wouldn't say AI has made any significant contributions to theory.</p>
  <p>When matches are held between traditional engines and AI engines they are held in conditions that greatly favor the AI engine. Traditional engines are still way ahead. AI is just the cool new thing.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: This may be somewhat true for Lc0 due to its reliance on a GPU, but Stockfish nowadays uses a neural net/"AI" for its evaluation (and it runs fine on a normal CPU).
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Answers.Body: <p>AI has changed theory by allowing theoreticians to grind through variations tirelessly.  Due to the tactical prowess of even common computer programs it's pretty easy to ensure that variations contain no unexpected barbs.</p>
  
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Body: <p>Pre-AI, it's hard to imagine that opening moves had changed much. Following the birth of computer engines, has AI changed opening theory, and if so, how? </p>
  
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Comments.Text: Things have gotten deeper and more precise.
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Comments.Text: And with the advancement of neural nets (especially now as compared to my last comment almost 3 years ago), opening theory has changed even more.
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Title: Has AI changed opening theory, and if so, how?
ThreadText: # Has AI changed opening theory, and if so, how?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2012-05-02)
  
  Pre-AI, it's hard to imagine that opening moves had changed much. Following the birth of computer engines, has AI changed opening theory, and if so, how?
  
  **Tags:** opening, engines, theory
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Things have gotten deeper and more precise.  
  > **username_1**: And with the advancement of neural nets (especially now as compared to my last comment almost 3 years ago), opening theory has changed even more.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2012-05-02. Score: 11 | Accepted answer
  
  AI has changed theory by allowing theoreticians to grind through variations tirelessly. Due to the tactical prowess of even common computer programs it's pretty easy to ensure that variations contain no unexpected barbs.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2022-06-21. Score: 1
  
  I would say not yet. I would think what is called AI (it is not actually AI but that's a different discussion) has made some people question how they approach chess and maybe led to some ideas but I wouldn't say AI has made any significant contributions to theory.
  
  When matches are held between traditional engines and AI engines they are held in conditions that greatly favor the AI engine. Traditional engines are still way ahead. AI is just the cool new thing.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: This may be somewhat true for Lc0 due to its reliance on a GPU, but Stockfish nowadays uses a neural net/"AI" for its evaluation (and it runs fine on a normal CPU).  
  
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