[monsieurbanana]

A interesting parallel could be made with chess. How did Deep Blue affect the interest of humans in the game of chess? I'm not a chess player, but I seem to recall the effect was at least neutral, if not positive.

And more recently with AlphaGo. Now that humans have no chance of ever beating AI again in the game of go, what will change?

I'm a go player so I'm more interested in this question. Professional go players said that AlphaGo is positive for go, that they will be able to learn from it and reach new levels of play.

Although of course their livelihood depends on the popularity of go, it would be bad press for them to say the opposite.