There was a divide between people who thought computers would soon beat humans in chess and people who did not believe that. Computers made only small progress

There was a divide between people who thought computers would soon beat humans in chess and people who did not believe that. Computers made only small progress for many years. That's the nature of technological progress. You know that it will take place. But you can't predict very well when. Nowadays, no human even stands a chance in playing chess against a computer.