I disagree strongly. He was using chess as an example of how progress can increase exponentially, not how artificial intelligence is close. Object recognition

I disagree strongly. He was using chess as an example of how progress can increase exponentially, not how artificial intelligence is close. Object recognition is another good example with major breakthroughs in recent years leading to massive improvements. They are already very close to, and in some cases exceeding, human ability. Also see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_effect