Man is more intelligent than computers.Work involving repetitive operations or numerous calculations machine excel, but still, Shakuntala Devi beat computer in calculating complex numbers.When one tries to look into the basics, he will learn that computers can do just 3 things:add, subtract and compare two numbers, to see which is larger.All the amazing tricks and results that one see computers generating through eery day can be reduced to those 3 simple operations.
In order to multiply two numbers, the computer performs a series of additions.For example, 3 multiplied by 4 becomes 4+4+4.If the computer needs to divide, it actually subtracts.The command to divide 6 by 2 is turned into how many times it can subtract 2 from 6.
When comparing numbers, the computer can determine if the number 8 is larger than the number 5.If this statement is true, the computer goes on to the next simple operation;if not, it performs a different simple operation.the key word here is ’simple’.What gives the computer such tremendous power is the capability to perform thousands of these simple operations in a split second.That’s why computers are much faster at some tasks than humans.In case of Kasporov vs.IBM’s Deep Blue, the computer had to be upgraded couple of times and specially trained to take on Gary Kasporov.and that is exactly why Kasporov was defeated.
Thus, computer is so mystifying though it is one of man’s greatest inventions.