Journal Journal: Man vs. Machine
The question is not whether or not the computer brain will dominate in chess, rather the question is will there ever be such a thing as 'talent' in chess? As more and more 'patzers' begin to train with computers - having at their disposal dbs containing millions of games, engines that play at more than 2700+ Elo strength, access to internet chess, etc. - creativity and artistic flair seem to be on the verge of being sacrificed.
After all that's what seems to separate silicon from neuron. And without the human ingenuity (vs. machine brute force), I doubt that chess as a game will remain anything like we now know it, but will evolve into something machine-like, something without a soul.