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by tluyben2 1367 days ago
I don’t really think you can compare those though; robots are crap and easily beaten at most physical sports. I mean, as far as I can find, there is not even a bipedal robot that outruns humans (there is the cheetah robot but it has 4 legs ; that’s like having a dog or, you know, cheetah compete against Usain).

But yes, people will continue to play chess, go and spear throwing because it doesn’t matter if something non human is better.

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Why is bipedal required for running, but neuronal is not required for chess? These lines are arbitrary.
Exactly. Also people still watch bicycle race while they stand no chance against a motorcycle. Or woman soccer despite man would win easily.
It’s not required, we just don’t allow anything else because it would no longer be interesting at all. That’s the point. Same why we don’t watch grandmasters play computers; they lose. But humans vs humans is still a good watch.