Hype is hype, whether it turns out to be justified or not. Not all people can beat even a trivial Go program.<p>You may be missing my larger point. It is not about whether humans can beat the best chess or Go computers. It is about a very strong bias in favor of algorithms in general. The dynamics around human vs computer chess matches simply demonstrated this bias in an easily percievable form. Who cared about Kasparov&#x27;s later victories and draws against other state of the art programs? They received very little coverage.<p>Chess is just a game. The important thing to consider is what will happen when algorithms start to competre with people in more complex and ambiguous areas.