Stockfish
open source chess engine
Common Themes
Videos Mentioning Stockfish
Ryan Hall: Solving Martial Arts from First Principles | Lex Fridman Podcast #169
Lex Fridman
A strong open-source chess engine, mentioned as a predecessor to AlphaZero, to highlight the rapid progress of AI.
The End of Finetuning — with Jeremy Howard of Fast.ai
Latent Space
A top chess engine that GPT-4 was compared against, achieving a near-equivalent Elo rating with advanced prompting.
E97: SPAC updates, public/private market overview, Putin's end game & more
All-In Podcast
An early chess engine mentioned as a comparison to more modern neural network-based AIs.
GothamChess: Hans Niemann, Magnus Carlsen, Cheating Scandal & Chess Bots | Lex Fridman Podcast #327
Lex Fridman
A powerful open-source chess engine. Lex notes it prefers E4 for tactical options, and Levy mentions it often 'takes a smoke break' when positions are too complex, leading to draws or misjudgments even at 0.00 evaluation.
Daniel Kahneman: Thinking Fast and Slow, Deep Learning, and AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #65
Lex Fridman
A powerful open-source chess engine that, along with AlphaZero, highlights the advancements in AI's ability to excel in complex games without human-like understanding.
Deep Learning State of the Art (2019)
Lex Fridman
A state-of-the-art chess engine that was defeated by AlphaZero after only four hours of training, highlighting AlphaZero's efficient learning capabilities.
You’re Watching the End of the World in Real Time - Eric Weinstein
The Diary Of A CEO
A powerful open-source chess engine, mentioned as an example of top AI chess programs.
Nathalie Cabrol: Search for Alien Life | Lex Fridman Podcast #348
Lex Fridman
A powerful open-source chess engine, often contrasted with AlphaZero's more intuitive, human-like strategies.
Hikaru Nakamura: Chess, Magnus, Kasparov, and the Psychology of Greatness | Lex Fridman Podcast #330
Lex Fridman
A powerful open-source chess engine. Hikaru references its high Elo rating and how it provides humbling insights into chess moves that humans wouldn't typically consider.
Magnus Carlsen: Greatest Chess Player of All Time | Lex Fridman Podcast #315
Lex Fridman
A powerful chess engine used by Carlsen's team for opening preparation and analysis.
Noam Brown: AI vs Humans in Poker and Games of Strategic Negotiation | Lex Fridman Podcast #344
Lex Fridman
A powerful chess engine known for its inhuman playing style, contrasted with the goal of creating human-like AI opponents using Diplomacy techniques.
Botez Sisters: Chess, Streaming, and Fame | Lex Fridman Podcast #319
Lex Fridman
A traditional chess engine that uses an opening database based on human knowledge. It is compared to AlphaZero, which learned from scratch.